You don't need to wait for the screen saver to be activated by Windows to see the effect of your settings. There are three buttons on the right side of the Settings screen that will acitvate the screen saver immediately. Once the screen saver is running any activity on the mouse or keyboard will return you to the Settings screen.
Run the Screen Saver
Click on the View Saver button to see what the screen saver looks like with the current settings.
Click on the View Picture button to start the screen saver with the currently selected picture. Any reminder messages from the calendar or quote messages from the quote list will also be displayed if they are turned on in the Display Settings.
Click on the View Quote button to view the screen saver starting with the currently selected quote on the Quote List. The particular picture displayed is not a priority for this function. If the quote message is not displayed then check that Display Quotes is turned on in the Display Settings.