Did you reboot and test it?
"tkbirdie" <tkbirdie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm running Windows XP Home. The power options for my computer is set to
> turn my monitor off after 10 mins - power saving. After 10 minutes,
> instead
> of turning the monitor off, it just goes back to the desktop. It was
> working
> fine yesterday. I have tried changing the minutes, but it just won't
> work.
> Any help would be appreciated. I'll check again tomorrow and see if it
> happens again. I have recently had Windows XP reinstalled, due to a
> problem
> with my computer. Everything was working fine until the monitor problem
> today.