https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=2301d83f-ef08-474f-96ec-ce53ecd269dd DisplayFusion RSS: [Bug report?] "No screen saver" vs. blank screen saver Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:00:16 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=2301d83f-ef08-474f-96ec-ce53ecd269dd https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/bug-report-no-screen-saver-vs-blank-screen-saver/?ID=2301d83f-ef08-474f-96ec-ce53ecd269dd#6 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:23:28 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/bug-report-no-screen-saver-vs-blank-screen-saver/?ID=2301d83f-ef08-474f-96ec-ce53ecd269dd#6 DisplayFusion Yep, that's the request that's on our list. If/when we're able to implement it, it will be very similar to the wallpaper combining. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/bug-report-no-screen-saver-vs-blank-screen-saver/?ID=2301d83f-ef08-474f-96ec-ce53ecd269dd#5 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:13:46 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/bug-report-no-screen-saver-vs-blank-screen-saver/?ID=2301d83f-ef08-474f-96ec-ce53ecd269dd#5 DisplayFusion Thanks so much, Keith!

I'm brand new to DisplayFusion and Binary Fortress, but so far I'm very impressed with your support responsiveness. Please keep up the great work and I look forward to this new feature.

What would be even better-er would be if you could create multiple monitor groups. In other words, span one screensaver across these 3 monitors, then another across these other two monitors, and still another across the remaining two monitors... I imagine being able to multi-select monitors in the console view and use some kind of "create screensave span group" function to group the selected monitors together for spanning the screensaver.

Thanks again for the excellent support!

ET ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/bug-report-no-screen-saver-vs-blank-screen-saver/?ID=2301d83f-ef08-474f-96ec-ce53ecd269dd#4 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:22:41 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/bug-report-no-screen-saver-vs-blank-screen-saver/?ID=2301d83f-ef08-474f-96ec-ce53ecd269dd#4 DisplayFusion Sure does! This is actually currently on our feature request list, so I've added your vote to it. We'll be sure to let you know if/when we're able to implement it in the future.

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/bug-report-no-screen-saver-vs-blank-screen-saver/?ID=2301d83f-ef08-474f-96ec-ce53ecd269dd#3 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 21:02:34 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/bug-report-no-screen-saver-vs-blank-screen-saver/?ID=2301d83f-ef08-474f-96ec-ce53ecd269dd#3 DisplayFusion Keith,

Thanks for the reply. Understood and the rationale makes sense.

So here's my new request: Span a screensaver across a group of monitors (but not all monitors). That would solve my problem.

Here is my configuration: 3x1 Portrait configuration runs VMware Workstation. Then on both left and right, there are stacks of 2-high vertical landscape monitors (total 7 monitors, 4 landscape on the sides stacked 2 high, and 3 portrait in the middle). What looks awesome is to put individual photo screensavers on each of the 4 landscape monitors, then stretch a single photo screensaver across the 3 middle portrait monitors. (3x1 portrait is about the same aspect ratio as normal landscape).

Because you only span across ALL monitors, what I was trying to do was run the landscape screensavers in the host machine and then run DF again on the VM in full span mode. (The VM is only 3 monitors wide). But a more elegant way to solve the same need would be if you allowed me to choose the 3 center monitors to span a screensaver across, then put individual screensavers on the left and right vertical monitor stacks. Make sense?

Thanks,
ET ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/bug-report-no-screen-saver-vs-blank-screen-saver/?ID=2301d83f-ef08-474f-96ec-ce53ecd269dd#2 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 17:10:47 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/bug-report-no-screen-saver-vs-blank-screen-saver/?ID=2301d83f-ef08-474f-96ec-ce53ecd269dd#2 DisplayFusion Unfortunately this isn't currently possible. It used to (and still does) work in Windows XP, which is why the "No screen saver" option is there, but in Windows Vista and up, Windows will always blank all monitors before starting the screen saver, because it runs on the secure desktop.

We haven't found a way around it, but if/when we do, we'll be sure to let you know

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/bug-report-no-screen-saver-vs-blank-screen-saver/?ID=2301d83f-ef08-474f-96ec-ce53ecd269dd Sun, 23 Aug 2015 23:21:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/bug-report-no-screen-saver-vs-blank-screen-saver/?ID=2301d83f-ef08-474f-96ec-ce53ecd269dd DisplayFusion I have 4 of my monitors configured with screen savers, and the other 3 set to "No screen saver".

To my mind, "No Screen Saver" should mean that the desktop and application windows on those monitors remain visible when the other monitors go into screen saver mode. This is what I need - for 3 monitors (which in my application show status windows that always need to be visible) to keep showing the desktop and applications, while the ones that have screen savers enabled do their screen saving thing.

But in practice, what happens is the 3 monitors set to "No screensaver" go blank as soon as the timeout happens and the 4 monitors configured with screensavers go into screensaver mode.

Seems like a bug to me. Am I missing something? Is there a way to configure it for what I want?

Thanks,
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