The Channel Screen Saver May Not Switch Between Channels (310838)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 2000 SP 2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 for Windows 2000 SP 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 for Windows 2000 SP 2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 2000
- Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows 2000
- Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows XP
This article was previously published under Q310838 SYMPTOMS
If you have configured the Channel screen saver with multiple screen saver channels selected and a time delay to switch between the channels, the screen saver may not switch away from certain channels.
CAUSE
The Channel screen saver starts the timer for a particular channel after the document has been completely loaded. If the page in the channel reloads another page, the Onload event is triggered again and the timer is reset. If pages continue to be loaded before the configured timer interval elapses, the timer never elapses and the screen saver does not switch to the next channel.
RESOLUTION
To work around this behavior, do not use Web page channels that continue to load other pages in a screen saver .
STATUSThis behavior is by design.MORE INFORMATION
Resetting the screen saver timer when a document is loaded allows the channel to account for redirects and pages that load slowly.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/26/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbenv kbprb KB310838 |
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