Screensaver and Icon help

I have a T61 running Windows Vista 32 bit, 3GB RAM, etc. I need help with 2 things. #1 is that my screensaver won't initiate for some reason. It used to work but now it won't start at all. #2 is that when I change an Icon for a shortcut on my desktop, it does not change and is being overridden by some default. When I click on Change Icon, the one which I've chosen shows behind the scenes but won't appear on the desktop. Is there some sort of protection which I must turn off? Thanks!

For the desktop changing pictures, I'm not sure what the problem is. (Obvious question: Did you select a an image folder containing more than one picture?)
As for your second question, I imagine the sleep option is set to less than 15 minutes, hence your screensaver never has time to come on. (Unless what you mean by «goes off» is actually a complete shutdown, wich would not be normal behavior...) In system prefs, verify this in the energy savings panel.
Hope it solves something...
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hi,
thanks for your reply.
Great so see someone realized similar problems.
Regarding your code i dislike that it results in a password-dialog while executing.
The setting itself in System-Preferences is changeable in 10.5 without being administrator or even entering any user credentials.
Better then nothing, but somehow not perfect.
In addition i would like to understand why my attempt above does change the settings visualized in System-Preferences but doenst does what i expect =)
Lets see if someone else has additional ideas - i keep your snippet in mind as i can learn from it anyways =)
Best regards
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edit: well a second look always helps - your idea needs admin privileges as you configure all security settings not only the screensaver pw option.
gonna do some tests with a reduced setup.
thanks again
Message was edited by: fidel-castro

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