As far as I know, all a screen saver does is stop light images burning onto the monitor screen so, if your monitor is switched off, then I guess that it isn't going to burn. I haven't had a screen saver on my pc for years for this reason. Barry H ----- Original Message ----- From: martin wilsher To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 7:22 PM Subject: [access-uk] screen saver question Hi list: I know this might sound a crazy question, but if you have your screen turned off, do you need to have a screensaver at all? i find some screensavers interfeer with some programmes that are heavy on processor power. thanks.