Screen saver error

Motley

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I made a screen saver of 5 or 6 pics, it will go through the slideshow maybe 10 times, and then it goes black with a message to the effect of "an error occurred in this slideshow". All pics are there while repeating 10 or so times, ten boom, I get that error.

Any ideas?
 

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I made a screen saver of 5 or 6 pics, it will go through the slideshow maybe 10 times, and then it goes black with a message to the effect of "an error occurred in this slideshow". All pics are there while repeating 10 or so times, ten boom, I get that error.

Any ideas?
Nope. But I occasionally get the exact same error. Then the next time it works fine. I've seen it just a few times. I'm inclined to let it go because it's so infrequent. Google did reveal the same error appeared in Vista and 7 as well. What I saw was a variety of potential fixes which is why I didn't post them here. You could try that and see if anything makes sense to you.

EDIT: You could try this. It's a link to a potential fix at Microsoft. It doesn't say it works for Win 8 but it might be worth a look.
A screen saver that displays pictures stops working in Windows
 
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    Win 8 Pro 64 bit
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    Alienware M14XR2
    CPU
    I73630QM
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    6 GB
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    GeForce GT 650M
Thanks BadCat, but I tried those fixes to no avail. I still have the exact same problem, the screensaver consists of a folder containing maybe 10 pics, works fine through 7 ot 8 iterations of the slideshow, again all the pics are in the same folder, and then boom, black screen with the error to the effect of " there was a problem with this slideshow".

Any other suggestions?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenova Y580 IdeaPad
    CPU
    i7
    Memory
    8 Gig DDR 3
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX 660M- 2 Gig
    Sound Card
    Dolby Home Theater
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    1 TB
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless
    Browser
    I.E. 10
    Antivirus
    Avast
    Other Info
    Blue Ray R/W
    3x USB 3
    HDMI Out
    Xbox 360 Controller
I've got this same problem too, only I'm on 8.1. Were you able to find a solution?
 

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    ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
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    32 GB Corsair Dominator GT at 2133 MHz
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    Logitech G19S
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    Logitech G700S
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