5 minute setting for screen saver works Intermittently

HI, I have a Macbook Pro with system 10.9.4 on it. I have my energy savings set at 3 hours and wake for internet access is not selected.
My screensaver is set for 5 minutes and more and more it is not coming on anymore. I have two active windows at the top and two neutral windows at the bottom. If I choose 1 minute it seems to work ok. Then when I put it back to 5 minutes it will work for awhile and stop again. So far I have restarted the computer which made no difference. I use my computer plugged in too.
How can I fix it please???
Thanks, Martha

Hi
If you're running windows 7, do the following by right clicking on windows desktop and choose personalize, on the right hand lower portion you see a screen saver word with a icon, click on it, next you would be given the option to select the display and set the wait time
Hope the above helps

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