I don't understand what is meant by entertainment only. I do not understand
how it happened. It was working fine a couple of days ago. I regularly scan
for viruses.

"Richard in AZ" wrote:

> Unfortunately, I believe the power off option sees the screensaver as activity and hence it does not
> want to turn off the monitor.
> Since screensaver are "entertainment only" now, I would give up on the screensaver.
>
> "tkbirdie" <tkbirdie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5D089216-73B0-479F-8E57-7D55CB5FDF28@microsoft.com...
> | I'm sorry. What I meant was that after the screensaver runs for 10 minutes,
> | the power saving kicks in and the monitor turns off or is on standby - under
> | the power saving options in the control panel - turn off monitor, hard disks.
> | The light on the monitor is orange instead of green.
> |
> | "Unknown" wrote:
> |
> | > I'm confused. You want your screensaver on and the monitor off? How can that
> | > be?
> | > "tkbirdie" <tkbirdie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> | > news:8255B718-329D-46A6-A02C-3BC271F6209A@microsoft.com...
> | > >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.
> | > >> >
> | > >> >
> | > >> >
> | >
> | >
> | >
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