topic Re: desktop inactive in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/desktop-inactive/m-p/42481#M16308 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello, do you mean screensaver or background wallpaper?<BR /><BR />It's CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to bring up Task Manager.<BR /><BR />If you have a wireless keyboard (desktop Vaio, you haven't said which model) then is it connected, do you need to press the Connect button on both kboard and Vaio?<BR /><BR />If all else fails, hold down/in the power button for a few seconds to force power off. You can then hold F8 at bootup to perform a safe boot.<BR /><BR />Cheers, Tony<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:50:07 GMT ChalkyWhite71 2009-01-06T11:50:07Z desktop inactive https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/desktop-inactive/m-p/42480#M16307 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello. Just last night when i started my vaio, all that is seen was the screensaver. I need to open the task manager through Ctrl+Alt+Canc button to open a program. Don't know what to do. <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.lt/html/@13A2E6A3774A8B47B4EC6F04089539E1/images/smilies/063.png" alt=":thinking:" title=":thinking:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:39:52 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/desktop-inactive/m-p/42480#M16307 nicklpop 2009-01-06T11:39:52Z Re: desktop inactive https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/desktop-inactive/m-p/42481#M16308 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello, do you mean screensaver or background wallpaper?<BR /><BR />It's CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to bring up Task Manager.<BR /><BR />If you have a wireless keyboard (desktop Vaio, you haven't said which model) then is it connected, do you need to press the Connect button on both kboard and Vaio?<BR /><BR />If all else fails, hold down/in the power button for a few seconds to force power off. You can then hold F8 at bootup to perform a safe boot.<BR /><BR />Cheers, Tony<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:50:07 GMT https://community.sony.lt/t5/pcs-accessories/desktop-inactive/m-p/42481#M16308 ChalkyWhite71 2009-01-06T11:50:07Z