Screen saver does not work under Vista.

I am running Vista Home Premium, but I was never able to get the screensaver running. Done everything I should, but it just never worked.

Is there a solution?

Here is the article from the MS Support about wireless pointing devices and screen saver...

The screen saver does not start after the installation of a wireless pointing device

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