Screen Saver Randomness

Hello!
I've been having a problem - more of an annoyance - that the screensaver I set in System Preferences will, at seemingly random times, switch away from my iPhoto slideshow to something else, usually another album, but sometimes to the Computer Name screensaver. (long sentense, I know)
Does anyone else have this problem? Where is preference file that stores the screensaver preferences? Perhaps I could have a hidden program that periodically checks System Preferences and tells it what screen saver I would like.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

Hi, emptyage. Welcome to the Discussions.
1. In System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Screen Saver, be sure you've not selected the "Use random screen saver" checkbox, which is below the list of screen savers.
2. As to the screen saver preferences files, the following files in your Home > Library > Preferences > ByHost folder contain screen saver preferences:(a) com.apple.screensaver.xxx.plist
(b) com.apple.screensaver.screensaver_name.xxx.plist
where- xxx is an alphanumeric string, and
- screensaver_name is the name of a screen saver you have used.Whether preferences files of the type shown in (b) exist depends upon the screen saver and if you have changed its options, if any.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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