Windows event id 4802 and 4803 triggered at the same time (invoke & dismissal of screen saver)

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Event id 4803 (Dismissal of a screen saver) is triggered immediately after Event id 4802 (Invoking a screen saver). Note that screen saver is actually still on till user interaction is detected.

I am using windows 8.1. On windows 7 Event id 4803 is emitted correctly i.e. after screen saver turns off triggered by user interaction.

Why is Event id 4803 triggered right after 4802?

Update: I've been testing out the screen saver invoke/dismissal mechanism by windows 7 and it seems that if youtube is enabled same thing occurs.

You still haven't described, what *"this issues"* is. Start by explaining the expected behavior in addition to the observed behavior. — IInspectable, May 01 '16 at 12:40
Not sure I can make it any more clear. How is emitting of event id 4803 while screensaver is still on not a good description of an issue? — krizajb, May 01 '16 at 18:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 26 '20 at 19:41

This is obvious... many video players do this... they block screensaver activation, so event log notes that 4802, saver active, then 4803 saver not active. This is the saver blocking logic working as expected, but that does not stop the events from being logged.

Windows event id 4802 and 4803 triggered at the same time (invoke & dismissal of screen saver)

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