I turned off the screensaver and the monitor turned off. I changed the
screensaver and the monitor still would not turn off. I want my screensaver
on, as well as the monitor turning off. I do not want to choose one or the
other. How do I fix it? I'm a novice when it comes to computers - the
simpler the solution, the better.

"tkbirdie" wrote:

> I turned the computer on this morning and left it alone. The monitor turned
> off. I left the computer alone for a hour and I came back and instead of the
> monitor being off, the screensaver was running.
>
> "Unknown" wrote:
>
> > Did you reboot and test it?
> > "tkbirdie" <tkbirdie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:3AC8D00B-3B91-4561-87EA-B266196DDDFC@microsoft.com...
> > > 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.
> >
> >
> >