power supply flakiness

[Guest DZigas]

Hi -- I have a new laptop running XP2 SP3. I set the power management option

for the screen to blink off after 1 minute, and most of the time nothing

happens. Occasionally, it will go dark, as commanded, but even then the

screen blinks back on to stay after 1 minute. Totally maddening. Anyone have

any ideas? Thanks for your help. -- David

[Guest marx404]

Re: power supply flakiness

 

My guess is that you have something that activates (an app?) and turns back

the monitor back on.

 

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marx404

 

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"DZigas" <DZigas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Hi -- I have a new laptop running XP2 SP3. I set the power management

> option

> for the screen to blink off after 1 minute, and most of the time nothing

> happens. Occasionally, it will go dark, as commanded, but even then the

> screen blinks back on to stay after 1 minute. Totally maddening. Anyone

> have

> any ideas? Thanks for your help. -- David

[Guest nass]

RE: power supply flakiness

 

 

 

"DZigas" wrote:

> Hi -- I have a new laptop running XP2 SP3. I set the power management option

> for the screen to blink off after 1 minute, and most of the time nothing

> happens. Occasionally, it will go dark, as commanded, but even then the

> screen blinks back on to stay after 1 minute. Totally maddening. Anyone have

> any ideas? Thanks for your help. -- David

 

Hi David,

You will be looking for a Screensaver or an application that configured to

updates or run a scan or even your Internet Adapter renewing the IP address !.

To see what in the background you can use shellexview:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

HTH.

nass

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http://www.nasstec.co.uk

[Guest DZigas]

RE: power supply flakiness

 

Nass -- Thanks for the tip! I will check it out. -- David

 

"nass" wrote:

>

>

> "DZigas" wrote:

>

> > Hi -- I have a new laptop running XP2 SP3. I set the power management option

> > for the screen to blink off after 1 minute, and most of the time nothing

> > happens. Occasionally, it will go dark, as commanded, but even then the

> > screen blinks back on to stay after 1 minute. Totally maddening. Anyone have

> > any ideas? Thanks for your help. -- David

>

> Hi David,

> You will be looking for a Screensaver or an application that configured to

> updates or run a scan or even your Internet Adapter renewing the IP address !.

> To see what in the background you can use shellexview:

> http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

> HTH.

> nass

> ---

> http://www.nasstec.co.uk

>

[Guest DZigas]

Re: power supply flakiness

 

Marx -- Thanks for the suggestion. I will check it out. -- David

 

"marx404" wrote:

> My guess is that you have something that activates (an app?) and turns back

> the monitor back on.

>

> --

> marx404

>

> _________________

> "DZigas" <DZigas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:BBE88FEE-9DCF-44DF-A7A0-F372F57706DB@microsoft.com...

> > Hi -- I have a new laptop running XP2 SP3. I set the power management

> > option

> > for the screen to blink off after 1 minute, and most of the time nothing

> > happens. Occasionally, it will go dark, as commanded, but even then the

> > screen blinks back on to stay after 1 minute. Totally maddening. Anyone

> > have

> > any ideas? Thanks for your help. -- David

>

>

>

[Guest DZigas]

RE: power supply flakiness

 

All: Thanks for your help. I figured it out. There's an "Expressswitch"

utility for optimizing CPU usage that was installed (or I may have

inadvertently activated in Power Options) that overrides other power

management. When I set that, all worked normally. -- DAvid

 

"DZigas" wrote:

> Hi -- I have a new laptop running XP2 SP3. I set the power management option

> for the screen to blink off after 1 minute, and most of the time nothing

> happens. Occasionally, it will go dark, as commanded, but even then the

> screen blinks back on to stay after 1 minute. Totally maddening. Anyone have

> any ideas? Thanks for your help. -- David

[Guest nass]

RE: power supply flakiness

 

Thank you for providing this valuable info and good luck

nass

 

 

"DZigas" wrote:

> All: Thanks for your help. I figured it out. There's an "Expressswitch"

> utility for optimizing CPU usage that was installed (or I may have

> inadvertently activated in Power Options) that overrides other power

> management. When I set that, all worked normally. -- DAvid

>

> "DZigas" wrote:

>

> > Hi -- I have a new laptop running XP2 SP3. I set the power management option

> > for the screen to blink off after 1 minute, and most of the time nothing

> > happens. Occasionally, it will go dark, as commanded, but even then the

> > screen blinks back on to stay after 1 minute. Totally maddening. Anyone have

> > any ideas? Thanks for your help. -- David