Programmatically prevent Windows screensaver from starting

Question

Is there a recommended way to prevent the Windows screensaver from starting? The closest thing I\'ve found is this article, but what I would really like to do is just tell

Answer 1

SystemParametersInfo

Specifically, the SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE parameter.

Does this not work? I was surprised that I did not see it here. Note that SetThreadExecutionState will not affect the screen saver at all, just the sleeping of the display.