Screensaver on my iMac OS X 10.6.8 refuses to deactivate

Screensaver keeps turning on after an idle period of a few minutes. This occurs despite the fact that the screensaver option in System Preferences, in all user accounts, is set to "Never come on", and computer sleep & monitor sleep are set to "Never turn off" in the Energy Saver option. Also doesn't seem to matter if user accounts are logged on or off. Otherwise, screensaver appears to work properly when it does come on - it disappears at a mouse click or key tap. Anyone know what might be going on, and how I can get the screensaver function to go away? This screensaver "quirk" is a big nuisance!

Those settings are stored in the com.apple.PowerManagement.plist file residing in /Library/Preferences/SystemtConfiguration, so move it to the Desktop, restart, and reset the Energy Saver prefPane settings. If that fixes the issue, then delete the moved file.

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Terence Devlin wrote:
That's because the photos are in the Screensaver cache.
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