Install the software in the "normal" manner, that is, don't run in screensaver mode. It just runs in the background, using the CPU when nothing else is running.
I set my screensaver in Windows to be a blank screen... running pretty pictures takes CPU cycles away from F@H. My normal power save options are set to turn the monitor off after 1 hour or so.
I have 4 machines running this way at the house... no problems whatsoever with degradation or anything like that.
Yes, I've thought of doing that. (running it simply in the background).
I was mainly asking to make sure that the data being generated wasn't corrupt. That's my primary concern. Secondly, it was annoying that it wasn't simply kicking into the full display, unless I made sure to show the display first after closing out all other programs running.
I hadn't thought of the fact that the display itself could take some computing power away from the program. This seems like a good enough reason to switch to no screensaver.
Thanks,