well, maybe i didnt understand... but can't you just
disable the screensaver from control panel??

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I have a macro that takes about 4 hours to run, and I run
it on an XP machine across the room from me. I can stand
up from my desk to glance at it and see what stage it's
up
to (The macro highlights cells after every completed
procedure on a 'homepage' to indicate progress).

The problem: The computer doesn't realize that activity
is happening, and switches to screensaver after a few
minutes, then locks, and I can't just stand up and see
what stage it's up to. In 97, Excel seems to stay in
view. Is there something I can do in the code to keep
Excel on view in XP (besides turning screenupdating to
True)? Or a setting in Excel?

Thanks for any suggestions

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