Screen saver kicks in

After upgrading to 10.5.2, my screensaver kicks in after a few minutes of computer non-use. In System Prefs, I have deactivated all settings:
Start Screen saver: "Never"
Hot Corners: all "Disable Screen Saver"
Repairing permissions and restarting doesn't help. I have never been one to use screen savers and I hope there's a simple way to completely stop this... Does anybody have any suggestions? Thanks.

I too have the same issue. Screen Saver will not disable. Has anyone else had this problem?

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