I have tried all the screensavers and it won't work. I know that when the
light is orange, the power is off. The light also goes orange, when the
power saving starts. I have decided to turn the power saving setting to
never and just let the screensaver run.

"Bob I" wrote:

> Try one of the non-3d screensavers?
>
> tkbirdie wrote:
>
> > I have checked and changed the various settings, but it will not work. The
> > monitor will only power save if the screensaver is off.
> >
> > "Unknown" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>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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> >>>>
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> >>
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