Eschew the use of a screen saver and instead use power saving settings to
turn the screen off when unused. This is both more ecologically friendly
and simpler to maintain.

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"Karen" <Karen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:96F75F92-3B21-4195-BACE-50545DCB0E50@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> My computer screen will not turn off if the screen saver on. I have the
> screen saver set to come on after 15 minutes and screen to turn off after
> 30
> mins. The screen saver comes on fine but when it is time for the screen to
> turn off the screen goes black and then comes right back on. If I turn the
> screen saver off then the screen will turn off no problem. Is there any
> way I
> can get the screen to go off when the screen saver is on? I have a Dell
> Inspiron 1520 if that helps.[/color]