Have you checked the various times for each function? IE ---screen saver 10
minutes---display turn off in 20 min.---
hibernate 1 hour?
"tkbirdie" <tkbirdie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3F6C6D7F-32D9-4647-836E-18468139B6CC@microsoft.com...
>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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