Synergy Windows 7 Screen Saver issue

I have synergy server running on a Windows 7 laptop, I have another laptop running windows XP as the Client. When synergy is first started the Screen Saver will start after the 5 mins of inactivity no problem but after mouse/keyboard input then waiting another 5 minutes + the screen saver will not come back on. The mouse is on the server NOT the client. I have tried unchecking "sync screen savers" I have tried right clicking and running the synergy server as administrator. I have tried versions 1.3.4, 1.3.6, 1.4.2 both 32 bit and 64 bit. I have tried running in XP compatibility mode. I have tried disconnecting the client.

It feels like I've tried everything. The setup is as follows: The server is below the Client, the client is above the server. The server has a secondary monitor attached to it and yes I've tried running without the secondary monitor.

the sever is an acer 5552G-5828.

Any help would be awesome! I love synergy but without the screensavers it is annoying.

Thanks!

This is an issue reported around 2010. In the old issue tracker it was http://synergy-foss.org/tracker/issues/407.

A workaround posted in the bug report that Greg Miller mentioned, is to have the Windows Power Management ignore Synergy's requests.

On the server (keyboard/mouse attached):

• powercfg -requestsoverride PROCESS synergys.exe Display System

On the client (uses remote keyboard/mouse):

• powercfg -requestsoverride PROCESS synergyc.exe Display System

If you alternate any single computer (for example, a laptop) between server and client, simply run both commands on it.