Screen Saver Closes Applications

When I leave my computer for a while, the screen saver kicks in as desired - but when I enter my password and the computer returns to the finder, all open applications are closed. Any ideas?
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Screen Saver Closes Programs

Just downloaded and installed OS X Yosemite vs 10.10. I have a 27 inch, 3.4 GHz Intel i5 iMac, 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR, with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M 2048 MB. Since downloading Yosemite, every time the screen saver kicks in, it closes all the programs that are open. This has become really annoying when I am doing Home Sharing with iTunes, or I have web pages up, and have to step away. I can seem to locate any settings that would allow me to keep the programs up and running, even after the screen saver kicks in.

My MBP was doing exactly that periodically shutting down and restarting. I took it to the Apple Store and they explained to me that the logic board was bad. Since it was still in warranty they replaced the logic board free of charge.
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You can download and install iStumbler (NetStumbler for windows users) to help you see which channels are used by neighbouring networks so that you can avoid them, but iStumbler will not see household items.
Refer to your router manual for instructions on changing your wifi channel or adjusting your multicast rate.
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I recently upgraded my Macbook Pro to SL OS 10.6.8 and now have pink lines around the desktop borders and some menus. There is also a horrible red colour that appears in the background of photobooth and parts of Safari. The screen saver looks like an alien life form with red in the background. There are odd translucent colours in the background of other applications including MS Office. It looks like a horrible psychedilic trip from the 60's. I ran the upgrade again but nothing changed. Can you help?

Backup your files off the computer (not TimeMachine) and disconnect.
Hold c boot off the 10.6 disk, under the Utilities menu > Disk Utiltiy > Repair Disk, and Repair Permissions
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Quit and install 10.6 again, reboot and Software Update again, this time download it and then run it. Check Software Update until clear.
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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, or by corruption of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain iMacs. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
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I cannot activate an application when the screen saver is active nor when the display is asleep.
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tell application "Safari" to activate
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Does anyone know the reason or a workaround?

I also tried
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to no avail. I'm out of ideas, for now.
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I have several thousand photos in several folders. I have noticed that whenever I want to change the folder used as the side show source, it takes the Screen Saver Preference pane a very long time to respond. It is as if it is scanning all the photos in the currently assigned folder in order to display them in the preview window provided, and it gets so dogged down doing that it can't respond to my clicks on the Choose Folder option.
Assuming you don't want to redistribute your photos into a greater number of folders or subfolders so there would be fewer in each folder to process, you could try a workaround. Try moving your currently-assigned folder to your desktop temporarily, before opening the Screen Saver preference pane. If the preference pane can't find the old folder, it may immediately ask you to choose a new one. You could hopefully then do so, close the preference pane, and then put back the old folder.
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Not letting me change my screen saver

Every time I open up system preferences and click on "Desktop & Screen Saver" and then click on the "Screen Saver" tab... the system pref. freezes and closes unexpectedly
It lets me change my background but whenever i try to change my screen saver it keeps "Quitting unexpectedly"
then it gives me the option to reopen system pref., report the message to apple (which i have done) or close it... then when I click reopen, i click again on desktop and screen saver and it freezes again and another error message opens up and says
the application system preferences quit unexpectedly after it was reopened... and i have a new set of options
Close, Try Again, or Report
So i click try again and it does actually let me access the screen saver tab... and i change it from what it is now which is the iTunes artwork
and when i click close or quit system pref. another window pops up that says...
New settings have been created for this application.. do you wish to use these settings from now on? and so i click "Use New Settings" rather than "Use original settings"
but then when i start my screensaver... it STILL is my original screen saver that i had before...
so WHY won't it let me change it
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i bought it in July so its still brand new so what is the problem?
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Screen Saver for Vizio Smart TV App

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