Guest DZigas Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 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 Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: power supply flakiness 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 nass Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 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 --- http://www.nasstec.co.uk
Guest DZigas Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 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 Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 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 Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 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 Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 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
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