How do I blank out my screen
 

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not used
for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

How do I blank out my screen
 

On 4/5/2012 8:50 AM, W. eWatson wrote:
I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not used
for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

Control Panel, Power Settings.

:-(

--
“There is no worse tyranny than to force a man
to pay for what he does not want merely because
you think it would be good for him.”
? Robert A. Heinlein

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Bob Hatch wrote:
On 4/5/2012 8:50 AM, W. eWatson wrote:
I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not used
for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

Control Panel, Power Settings.

:-(

Or, right cick on the desktop, personalise, screen saver, blank screen.

There's an option to go to power settings from there to set standby
times for the monitor, and to change how the monitor is told to go into
standby mode.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

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On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not used
for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

How do I blank out my screen
 

In ,
richard typed:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not
used for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

That is what I do too Richard. Nothing else seems to work better. ;-)

--
Bill
Asus EeePC 701 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows 2000 SP5 - OE6 - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2

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On 05 Apr 2012, "BillW50" wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

In ,
richard typed:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not
used for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

That is what I do too Richard. Nothing else seems to work better. ;-)

So, what do you do, set your alarm watch to return from whatever you're
doing, wherever you are, to ring every 8 minutes so you can run back to
the computer to punch the monitor button?

I think it's better to let the computer do it for you.

How do I blank out my screen
 

In ,
Nil typed:
On 05 Apr 2012, "BillW50" wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

In ,
richard typed:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not
used for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

That is what I do too Richard. Nothing else seems to work better. ;-)

So, what do you do, set your alarm watch to return from whatever
you're doing, wherever you are, to ring every 8 minutes so you can
run back to the computer to punch the monitor button?

I think it's better to let the computer do it for you.

I thought so too. But it didn't work well for me. Sometimes I know I'll
be away for a while and hitting the monitor power button works fast and
instantly. The flipside is I am watching a long video or something and
never touching a key or a mouse. And having the computer handle it, then
it times out and will turn off the screen. So to stop this nonsense, I
do it manually.

--
Bill
Asus EeePC 701 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows 2000 SP5 - OE6 - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2

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On 05/04/2012 21:45, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
richard typed:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not
used for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

That is what I do too Richard. Nothing else seems to work better. ;-)

Unplugging it at the wall socket is much quicker! ;-)

The CD/DVD writer on the laptop of a friend of mine had gone kaput. So I
found him a stand-alone CD writer from a SH shop for $2. Told him about
it. He went and bought it. I used that to install his program on his
laptop. All well and good. But next time he wanted to use it, he managed
to plug his laptop into the mains and then managed to install the mains
cable for the CD player into the computer as well (rather than into the
CD player!) -- right into the video output of the laptop!

Next thing of course, I receive an urgent phone call. Asked him what he
had done and he said: But I unplugged it immediately when I heard funny
sizzling sounds!

I replied to him that I had had my fry-up breakfast! ;-)

But honestly, if there are a dozen ways of doing something, you can
trust this chap to discover a 13th way to make sure of a mess-up.
-- choro

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On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:02:56 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:

In ,
Nil typed:
On 05 Apr 2012, "BillW50" wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

In ,
richard typed:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not
used for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

That is what I do too Richard. Nothing else seems to work better. ;-)

So, what do you do, set your alarm watch to return from whatever
you're doing, wherever you are, to ring every 8 minutes so you can
run back to the computer to punch the monitor button?

I think it's better to let the computer do it for you.

I thought so too. But it didn't work well for me. Sometimes I know I'll
be away for a while and hitting the monitor power button works fast and
instantly. The flipside is I am watching a long video or something and
never touching a key or a mouse. And having the computer handle it, then
it times out and will turn off the screen. So to stop this nonsense, I
do it manually.

I've never noticed the monitor blanking kick in while a video was
playing. That seems weird.

--

Char Jackson

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On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:24:16 +0100, choro wrote:

On 05/04/2012 21:45, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
richard typed:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not
used for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

That is what I do too Richard. Nothing else seems to work better. ;-)

Unplugging it at the wall socket is much quicker! ;-)

The CD/DVD writer on the laptop of a friend of mine had gone kaput. So I
found him a stand-alone CD writer from a SH shop for $2. Told him about
it. He went and bought it. I used that to install his program on his
laptop. All well and good. But next time he wanted to use it, he managed
to plug his laptop into the mains and then managed to install the mains
cable for the CD player into the computer as well (rather than into the
CD player!) -- right into the video output of the laptop!

You guys have some strange connector configurations over there. On my
side of the pond I don't think there's a power cable that would mate
up with a video output.

--

Char Jackson

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On 4/5/2012 10:50 AM, John Williamson wrote:
Bob Hatch wrote:
On 4/5/2012 8:50 AM, W. eWatson wrote:
I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not used
for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

Control Panel, Power Settings.

:-(

Or, right cick on the desktop, personalise, screen saver, blank screen.

There's an option to go to power settings from there to set standby
times for the monitor, and to change how the monitor is told to go into
standby mode.

Well, I to .../Power Options-Edit Plan Settings. I see Recommended
Setting with its button depressed, so I click on Change plan settings
way to the right. Turn off the display shows 10 min, and Put the
computer to sleep shows 20 minutes. If Turn off is active I would think
I would see the screen blank out every 10 min, but I don't. A week or so
ago it did. If I click on Change advanced power settings, I see a
Advanced settings dialog with choices like Hard disk, Sleep, PCI Express
.... Nothing about a display.

How do I blank out my screen
 

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:24:16 +0100, choro wrote:

[snip]

But honestly, if there are a dozen ways of doing something, you can
trust this chap to discover a 13th way to make sure of a mess-up.

Send him to QA!

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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On 4/05/2012, Nil posted:
On 05 Apr 2012, "BillW50" wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

In ,
richard typed:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not
used for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

That is what I do too Richard. Nothing else seems to work better. ;-)

So, what do you do, set your alarm watch to return from whatever you're
doing, wherever you are, to ring every 8 minutes so you can run back to
the computer to punch the monitor button?

I think it's better to let the computer do it for you.

Not if you're trying to lose weight.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

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On 4/05/2012, Char Jackson posted:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:24:16 +0100, choro wrote:

On 05/04/2012 21:45, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
richard typed:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not
used for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

That is what I do too Richard. Nothing else seems to work better. ;-)

Unplugging it at the wall socket is much quicker! ;-)

The CD/DVD writer on the laptop of a friend of mine had gone kaput. So I
found him a stand-alone CD writer from a SH shop for $2. Told him about
it. He went and bought it. I used that to install his program on his
laptop. All well and good. But next time he wanted to use it, he managed
to plug his laptop into the mains and then managed to install the mains
cable for the CD player into the computer as well (rather than into the
CD player!) -- right into the video output of the laptop!

You guys have some strange connector configurations over there. On my
side of the pond I don't think there's a power cable that would mate
up with a video output.

Probably true other there too; the chap probably used force.

Or in US Navy talk, "Don't use force, get a bigger hammer"...

(At least they said that back in my day.)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

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On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:11:36 -0700, Gene E. Bloch
wrote:

On 4/05/2012, Char Jackson posted:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:24:16 +0100, choro wrote:

The CD/DVD writer on the laptop of a friend of mine had gone kaput. So I
found him a stand-alone CD writer from a SH shop for $2. Told him about
it. He went and bought it. I used that to install his program on his
laptop. All well and good. But next time he wanted to use it, he managed
to plug his laptop into the mains and then managed to install the mains
cable for the CD player into the computer as well (rather than into the
CD player!) -- right into the video output of the laptop!

You guys have some strange connector configurations over there. On my
side of the pond I don't think there's a power cable that would mate
up with a video output.

Probably true other there too; the chap probably used force.

Or in US Navy talk, "Don't use force, get a bigger hammer"...

(At least they said that back in my day.)

The Air Force had a similar saying. :)

--

Char Jackson

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In ,
Char Jackson typed:
On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:02:56 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:

In ,
Nil typed:
On 05 Apr 2012, "BillW50" wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

In ,
richard typed:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are
not used for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

That is what I do too Richard. Nothing else seems to work better.
;-)

So, what do you do, set your alarm watch to return from whatever
you're doing, wherever you are, to ring every 8 minutes so you can
run back to the computer to punch the monitor button?

I think it's better to let the computer do it for you.

I thought so too. But it didn't work well for me. Sometimes I know
I'll be away for a while and hitting the monitor power button works
fast and instantly. The flipside is I am watching a long video or
something and never touching a key or a mouse. And having the
computer handle it, then it times out and will turn off the screen.
So to stop this nonsense, I do it manually.

I've never noticed the monitor blanking kick in while a video was
playing. That seems weird.

I suppose it depends on the player. Some players have a toggle to
deactivate screen blanking while running and some doesn't. And if you
are watching a movie through the browser like the website Hulu or
something, I think you are stuck.

--
Bill
Asus EeePC 701 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows 2000 SP5 - OE6 - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2

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On 05/04/2012 8:57 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
I've never noticed the monitor blanking kick in while a video was
playing. That seems weird.

Depends on how the power saving is set. By default, it monitors
keyboard/mouse input.

Wolf K.

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In message , Wolf K
writes:
On 05/04/2012 8:57 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
I've never noticed the monitor blanking kick in while a video was
playing. That seems weird.

Depends on how the power saving is set. By default, it monitors
keyboard/mouse input.

Wolf K.

Indeed. A lot of video players have a setting to override it, but not
all (or, it doesn't work - the override that is - on some systems).
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty. -Jefferson
Davis, confederate president (1808-1889)

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On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 15:04:31 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , Wolf K
writes:
On 05/04/2012 8:57 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
I've never noticed the monitor blanking kick in while a video was
playing. That seems weird.

Depends on how the power saving is set. By default, it monitors
keyboard/mouse input.

Wolf K.

Indeed. A lot of video players have a setting to override it, but not
all (or, it doesn't work - the override that is - on some systems).

Ok, three of you seem to think this is a problem, so maybe it's a
problem. :)

But it's not a problem with Windows Media Player, Media Player
Classic, nor with Firefox when playing youtube videos, or even with
Firefox simply parked on a youtube video that has long since stopped
playing. So which video players exhibit this problem?

--

Char Jackson

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On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:59:48 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:24:16 +0100, choro wrote:

On 05/04/2012 21:45, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
richard typed:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not
used for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

That is what I do too Richard. Nothing else seems to work better. ;-)

Unplugging it at the wall socket is much quicker! ;-)

The CD/DVD writer on the laptop of a friend of mine had gone kaput. So I
found him a stand-alone CD writer from a SH shop for $2. Told him about
it. He went and bought it. I used that to install his program on his
laptop. All well and good. But next time he wanted to use it, he managed
to plug his laptop into the mains and then managed to install the mains
cable for the CD player into the computer as well (rather than into the
CD player!) -- right into the video output of the laptop!

You guys have some strange connector configurations over there. On my
side of the pond I don't think there's a power cable that would mate
up with a video output.

I think here you will find rather strange things mating up some of
the time.

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On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:03:51 -0700, Evan Platt
wrote:

On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 16:37:12 -0400, richard wrote:

press the power button on the monitor.

**** richard

You just made my point.

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On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:11:36 -0700, Gene E. Bloch
wrote:

[snip]

Probably true other there too; the chap probably used force.

Or in US Navy talk, "Don't use force, get a bigger hammer"...

(At least they said that back in my day.)

There are other approaches. This is from my sig collection:

"All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that
the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore,
if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all
means, do not use a hammer." -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:17:11 -0700, Gene Wirchenko
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:11:36 -0700, Gene E. Bloch
wrote:

[snip]

Probably true other there too; the chap probably used force.

Or in US Navy talk, "Don't use force, get a bigger hammer"...

(At least they said that back in my day.)

There are other approaches. This is from my sig collection:

"All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that
the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore,
if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all
means, do not use a hammer." -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko


That will soon change. There is a woman running that place now and
everyone wants her to play golf.

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On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:15:08 -0400, Allen Drake
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:59:48 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:24:16 +0100, choro wrote:

On 05/04/2012 21:45, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
richard typed:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not
used for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

That is what I do too Richard. Nothing else seems to work better. ;-)

Unplugging it at the wall socket is much quicker! ;-)

The CD/DVD writer on the laptop of a friend of mine had gone kaput. So I
found him a stand-alone CD writer from a SH shop for $2. Told him about
it. He went and bought it. I used that to install his program on his
laptop. All well and good. But next time he wanted to use it, he managed
to plug his laptop into the mains and then managed to install the mains
cable for the CD player into the computer as well (rather than into the
CD player!) -- right into the video output of the laptop!

You guys have some strange connector configurations over there. On my
side of the pond I don't think there's a power cable that would mate
up with a video output.

I think here you will find rather strange things mating up some of
the time.

Yes, of course, but we were talking about connectors. ;-)

--

Char Jackson

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On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:19:58 -0400, Allen Drake
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:17:11 -0700, Gene Wirchenko
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:11:36 -0700, Gene E. Bloch
wrote:

[snip]

Probably true other there too; the chap probably used force.

Or in US Navy talk, "Don't use force, get a bigger hammer"...

(At least they said that back in my day.)

There are other approaches. This is from my sig collection:

"All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that
the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore,
if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all
means, do not use a hammer." -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko


That will soon change. There is a woman running that place now and
everyone wants her to play golf.

Gene's quote is gender neutral. It doesn't matter if a man, a woman,
or a goat is running IBM. The quote endures through all of that.

--

Char Jackson

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On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:02:17 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:15:08 -0400, Allen Drake
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:59:48 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:24:16 +0100, choro wrote:

On 05/04/2012 21:45, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
richard typed:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not
used for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

That is what I do too Richard. Nothing else seems to work better. ;-)

Unplugging it at the wall socket is much quicker! ;-)

The CD/DVD writer on the laptop of a friend of mine had gone kaput. So I
found him a stand-alone CD writer from a SH shop for $2. Told him about
it. He went and bought it. I used that to install his program on his
laptop. All well and good. But next time he wanted to use it, he managed
to plug his laptop into the mains and then managed to install the mains
cable for the CD player into the computer as well (rather than into the
CD player!) -- right into the video output of the laptop!

You guys have some strange connector configurations over there. On my
side of the pond I don't think there's a power cable that would mate
up with a video output.

I think here you will find rather strange things mating up some of
the time.

Yes, of course, but we were talking about connectors. ;-)

I thought it was now about goats.

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On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:11:40 -0400, Allen Drake
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:02:17 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:15:08 -0400, Allen Drake
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:59:48 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:24:16 +0100, choro wrote:

On 05/04/2012 21:45, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
richard typed:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not
used for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

That is what I do too Richard. Nothing else seems to work better. ;-)

Unplugging it at the wall socket is much quicker! ;-)

The CD/DVD writer on the laptop of a friend of mine had gone kaput. So I
found him a stand-alone CD writer from a SH shop for $2. Told him about
it. He went and bought it. I used that to install his program on his
laptop. All well and good. But next time he wanted to use it, he managed
to plug his laptop into the mains and then managed to install the mains
cable for the CD player into the computer as well (rather than into the
CD player!) -- right into the video output of the laptop!

You guys have some strange connector configurations over there. On my
side of the pond I don't think there's a power cable that would mate
up with a video output.

I think here you will find rather strange things mating up some of
the time.

Yes, of course, but we were talking about connectors. ;-)

I thought it was now about goats.

You're way too easily confused.

--

Char Jackson

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On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:25:55 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:11:40 -0400, Allen Drake
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:02:17 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:15:08 -0400, Allen Drake
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:59:48 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:24:16 +0100, choro wrote:

On 05/04/2012 21:45, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
richard typed:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not
used for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

That is what I do too Richard. Nothing else seems to work better. ;-)

Unplugging it at the wall socket is much quicker! ;-)

The CD/DVD writer on the laptop of a friend of mine had gone kaput. So I
found him a stand-alone CD writer from a SH shop for $2. Told him about
it. He went and bought it. I used that to install his program on his
laptop. All well and good. But next time he wanted to use it, he managed
to plug his laptop into the mains and then managed to install the mains
cable for the CD player into the computer as well (rather than into the
CD player!) -- right into the video output of the laptop!

You guys have some strange connector configurations over there. On my
side of the pond I don't think there's a power cable that would mate
up with a video output.

I think here you will find rather strange things mating up some of
the time.

Yes, of course, but we were talking about connectors. ;-)

I thought it was now about goats.

You're way too easily confused.


That is my best trait. I have it as a disclaimer on my resume'.

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On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:02:17 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:15:08 -0400, Allen Drake
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:59:48 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

[snip]

You guys have some strange connector configurations over there. On my
side of the pond I don't think there's a power cable that would mate
up with a video output.

I think here you will find rather strange things mating up some of
the time.

Yes, of course, but we were talking about connectors. ;-)

And many connectors have male and female versions.

From My Sig Collection:

Lowery's Law: If it jams -- force it. If it breaks, it needed
replacing anyway.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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In ,
Char Jackson typed:
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 15:04:31 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , Wolf K
writes:
On 05/04/2012 8:57 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
I've never noticed the monitor blanking kick in while a video was
playing. That seems weird.

Depends on how the power saving is set. By default, it monitors
keyboard/mouse input.

Wolf K.

Indeed. A lot of video players have a setting to override it, but not
all (or, it doesn't work - the override that is - on some systems).

Ok, three of you seem to think this is a problem, so maybe it's a
problem. :)

But it's not a problem with Windows Media Player, Media Player
Classic, nor with Firefox when playing youtube videos, or even with
Firefox simply parked on a youtube video that has long since stopped
playing. So which video players exhibit this problem?

I know it was annoying on at least older versions of PowerDVD.

Another thing annoying about the blank screen setting was I could walk
away for hours and fully expecting the monitor to be blanked when I came
back and only to find it is still on. So sometimes it just doesn't work.
So I use something that actually works, the power button. ;-)

--
Bill
Asus EeePC 701 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows 2000 SP5 - OE6 - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2

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In ,
Gene Wirchenko typed:

From My Sig Collection:

Lowery's Law: If it jams -- force it. If it breaks, it needed
replacing anyway.

Oh is that Lowery's Law? I have heard it many times, but I never knew
that is what it is known by. Many thanks!

--
Bill
Asus EeePC 701 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows 2000 SP5 - OE6 - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2

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"BillW50" wrote in message
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In ,
Gene Wirchenko typed:

From My Sig Collection:

Lowery's Law: If it jams -- force it. If it breaks, it needed
replacing anyway.

Oh is that Lowery's Law? I have heard it many times, but I never knew
that is what it is known by. Many thanks!

--
Bill
Asus EeePC 701 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows 2000 SP5 - OE6 - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2

http://www.anvari.org/shortjoke/Obse...ng-anyway.html

How do I blank out my screen
 

On 06/04/2012 3:57 PM, Allen Drake wrote:
On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:25:55 -0500, Char
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:11:40 -0400, Allen
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:02:17 -0500, Char
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:15:08 -0400, Allen
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:59:48 -0500, Char
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:24:16 +0100, wrote:

On 05/04/2012 21:45, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
richard typed:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not
used for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

That is what I do too Richard. Nothing else seems to work better. ;-)

Unplugging it at the wall socket is much quicker! ;-)

The CD/DVD writer on the laptop of a friend of mine had gone kaput. So I
found him a stand-alone CD writer from a SH shop for $2. Told him about
it. He went and bought it. I used that to install his program on his
laptop. All well and good. But next time he wanted to use it, he managed
to plug his laptop into the mains and then managed to install the mains
cable for the CD player into the computer as well (rather than into the
CD player!) -- right into the video output of the laptop!

You guys have some strange connector configurations over there. On my
side of the pond I don't think there's a power cable that would mate
up with a video output.

I think here you will find rather strange things mating up some of
the time.

Yes, of course, but we were talking about connectors. ;-)

I thought it was now about goats.

You're way too easily confused.


That is my best trait. I have it as a disclaimer on my resume'.


Confusion is a good. It means that somebody has a learning opportunity.

Wolf K.

How do I blank out my screen
 

On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 16:12:09 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:

In ,
Char Jackson typed:
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 15:04:31 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , Wolf K
writes:
On 05/04/2012 8:57 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
I've never noticed the monitor blanking kick in while a video was
playing. That seems weird.

Depends on how the power saving is set. By default, it monitors
keyboard/mouse input.

Wolf K.

Indeed. A lot of video players have a setting to override it, but not
all (or, it doesn't work - the override that is - on some systems).

Ok, three of you seem to think this is a problem, so maybe it's a
problem. :)

But it's not a problem with Windows Media Player, Media Player
Classic, nor with Firefox when playing youtube videos, or even with
Firefox simply parked on a youtube video that has long since stopped
playing. So which video players exhibit this problem?

I know it was annoying on at least older versions of PowerDVD.

I haven't used PowerDVD in well over 10 years, so I didn't know it had
this problem, thanks.

Another thing annoying about the blank screen setting was I could walk
away for hours and fully expecting the monitor to be blanked when I came
back and only to find it is still on. So sometimes it just doesn't work.
So I use something that actually works, the power button. ;-)

Yeah, I mentioned an example of that above. View a youtube video, let
it finish playing, and walk away. Somehow, it prevents the screen from
going dark, even though nothing is playing anymore. Flip to a
non-youtube tab and it works as expected.

I use the power buttons on some systems, and I let Windows handle it
on others. Both ways work for me.

--

Char Jackson

How do I blank out my screen
 

In ,
Char Jackson typed:
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 16:12:09 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:

In ,
Char Jackson typed:
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 15:04:31 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , Wolf
K writes:
On 05/04/2012 8:57 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
I've never noticed the monitor blanking kick in while a video was
playing. That seems weird.

Depends on how the power saving is set. By default, it monitors
keyboard/mouse input.

Wolf K.

Indeed. A lot of video players have a setting to override it, but
not all (or, it doesn't work - the override that is - on some
systems).

Ok, three of you seem to think this is a problem, so maybe it's a
problem. :)

But it's not a problem with Windows Media Player, Media Player
Classic, nor with Firefox when playing youtube videos, or even with
Firefox simply parked on a youtube video that has long since stopped
playing. So which video players exhibit this problem?

I know it was annoying on at least older versions of PowerDVD.

I haven't used PowerDVD in well over 10 years, so I didn't know it had
this problem, thanks.

There are more applications it happened too. I just never kept track
which ones it works and which ones it doesn't. You would think Windows
is smart enough to figure it out, but I guess not.

Another thing annoying about the blank screen setting was I could
walk away for hours and fully expecting the monitor to be blanked
when I came back and only to find it is still on. So sometimes it
just doesn't work. So I use something that actually works, the power
button. ;-)

Yeah, I mentioned an example of that above. View a youtube video, let
it finish playing, and walk away. Somehow, it prevents the screen from
going dark, even though nothing is playing anymore. Flip to a
non-youtube tab and it works as expected.

I use the power buttons on some systems, and I let Windows handle it
on others. Both ways work for me.

I think the worst is when Windows focus is on the desktop. That almost
never allows the monitor to blank. I just learned over the years to just
never trust it. As sometimes it doesn't kick in when you want it and
does when you don't want it.

--
Bill
Asus EeePC 701 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows 2000 SP5 - OE6 - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2

How do I blank out my screen
 

On 4/5/2012 6:25 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
On 4/5/2012 10:50 AM, John Williamson wrote:
Bob Hatch wrote:
On 4/5/2012 8:50 AM, W. eWatson wrote:
I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not
used
for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

Control Panel, Power Settings.

:-(

Or, right cick on the desktop, personalise, screen saver, blank screen.

There's an option to go to power settings from there to set standby
times for the monitor, and to change how the monitor is told to go into
standby mode.

Well, I to .../Power Options-Edit Plan Settings. I see Recommended
Setting with its button depressed, so I click on Change plan settings
way to the right. Turn off the display shows 10 min, and Put the
computer to sleep shows 20 minutes. If Turn off is active I would think
I would see the screen blank out every 10 min, but I don't. A week or so
ago it did. If I click on Change advanced power settings, I see a
Advanced settings dialog with choices like Hard disk, Sleep, PCI Express
... Nothing about a display.

Did you take that same route and look further down in advanced power
settings and change the multimedia settings? I would assume if you
change that tab playing multimedia from "allow the computer to sleep"
that it might be the way to go

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On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 18:10:58 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:

In ,
Char Jackson typed:
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 16:12:09 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:

In ,
Char Jackson typed:
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 15:04:31 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , Wolf
K writes:
On 05/04/2012 8:57 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
I've never noticed the monitor blanking kick in while a video was
playing. That seems weird.

Depends on how the power saving is set. By default, it monitors
keyboard/mouse input.

Wolf K.

Indeed. A lot of video players have a setting to override it, but
not all (or, it doesn't work - the override that is - on some
systems).

Ok, three of you seem to think this is a problem, so maybe it's a
problem. :)

But it's not a problem with Windows Media Player, Media Player
Classic, nor with Firefox when playing youtube videos, or even with
Firefox simply parked on a youtube video that has long since stopped
playing. So which video players exhibit this problem?

I know it was annoying on at least older versions of PowerDVD.

I haven't used PowerDVD in well over 10 years, so I didn't know it had
this problem, thanks.

There are more applications it happened too. I just never kept track
which ones it works and which ones it doesn't. You would think Windows
is smart enough to figure it out, but I guess not.

No, I never assumed Windows should be able to figure it out. I assumed
it was up to the application to signal the OS that it wanted to
override the default power settings.

Another thing annoying about the blank screen setting was I could
walk away for hours and fully expecting the monitor to be blanked
when I came back and only to find it is still on. So sometimes it
just doesn't work. So I use something that actually works, the power
button. ;-)

Yeah, I mentioned an example of that above. View a youtube video, let
it finish playing, and walk away. Somehow, it prevents the screen from
going dark, even though nothing is playing anymore. Flip to a
non-youtube tab and it works as expected.

I use the power buttons on some systems, and I let Windows handle it
on others. Both ways work for me.

I think the worst is when Windows focus is on the desktop. That almost
never allows the monitor to blank. I just learned over the years to just
never trust it. As sometimes it doesn't kick in when you want it and
does when you don't want it.

In my experience, one of the foolproof ways to make sure the monitor
blanks when it should is to put the focus on the desktop. It's
interesting that that doesn't work as reliably for you when it's 100%
reliable on all of my systems.

--

Char Jackson

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On 06/04/2012 23:38, Char Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 16:12:09 -0500, wrote:

In ,
Char Jackson typed:
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 15:04:31 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:
[....]

Indeed. A lot of video players have a setting to override it, but not
all (or, it doesn't work - the override that is - on some systems).

Ok, three of you seem to think this is a problem, so maybe it's a
problem. :)

But it's not a problem with Windows Media Player, Media Player
Classic, nor with Firefox when playing youtube videos, or even with
Firefox simply parked on a youtube video that has long since stopped
playing. So which video players exhibit this problem?

I know it was annoying on at least older versions of PowerDVD.

I haven't used PowerDVD in well over 10 years, so I didn't know it had
this problem, thanks.

I thought this was a Power DVD *plus* point. I haven't used Power DVD in
years either but you certainly do not want the screen to go blank in the
middle watching an XXX rated movie; or do you?

-- choro


Another thing annoying about the blank screen setting was I could walk
away for hours and fully expecting the monitor to be blanked when I came
back and only to find it is still on. So sometimes it just doesn't work.
So I use something that actually works, the power button. ;-)

Yeah, I mentioned an example of that above. View a youtube video, let
it finish playing, and walk away. Somehow, it prevents the screen from
going dark, even though nothing is playing anymore. Flip to a
non-youtube tab and it works as expected.

I use the power buttons on some systems, and I let Windows handle it
on others. Both ways work for me.

How do I blank out my screen
 

On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 02:33:17 +0100, choro wrote:

On 06/04/2012 23:38, Char Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 16:12:09 -0500, wrote:

In ,
Char Jackson typed:
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 15:04:31 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:
[....]

Indeed. A lot of video players have a setting to override it, but not
all (or, it doesn't work - the override that is - on some systems).

Ok, three of you seem to think this is a problem, so maybe it's a
problem. :)

But it's not a problem with Windows Media Player, Media Player
Classic, nor with Firefox when playing youtube videos, or even with
Firefox simply parked on a youtube video that has long since stopped
playing. So which video players exhibit this problem?

I know it was annoying on at least older versions of PowerDVD.

I haven't used PowerDVD in well over 10 years, so I didn't know it had
this problem, thanks.

I thought this was a Power DVD *plus* point. I haven't used Power DVD in
years either but you certainly do not want the screen to go blank in the
middle watching an XXX rated movie; or do you?

The "problem" we were talking about was that (apparently) some video
players don't know how to let the OS know that monitor blanking should
be suspended because a video is playing. I think we're all in
agreement that the monitor shouldn't go dark while a video is playing,
regardless of its rating.

--

Char Jackson

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On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:56:55 -0400, Wolf K
wrote:

On 06/04/2012 3:57 PM, Allen Drake wrote:
On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:25:55 -0500, Char
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:11:40 -0400, Allen
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:02:17 -0500, Char
wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:15:08 -0400, Allen
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:59:48 -0500, Char
wrote:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:24:16 +0100, wrote:

On 05/04/2012 21:45, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
richard typed:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:54 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

I'd like to blank out my screen when the keyboard and mouse are not
used for say 8 minutes. How is that done?

press the power button on the monitor.

That is what I do too Richard. Nothing else seems to work better. ;-)

Unplugging it at the wall socket is much quicker! ;-)

The CD/DVD writer on the laptop of a friend of mine had gone kaput. So I
found him a stand-alone CD writer from a SH shop for $2. Told him about
it. He went and bought it. I used that to install his program on his
laptop. All well and good. But next time he wanted to use it, he managed
to plug his laptop into the mains and then managed to install the mains
cable for the CD player into the computer as well (rather than into the
CD player!) -- right into the video output of the laptop!

You guys have some strange connector configurations over there. On my
side of the pond I don't think there's a power cable that would mate
up with a video output.

I think here you will find rather strange things mating up some of
the time.

Yes, of course, but we were talking about connectors. ;-)

I thought it was now about goats.

You're way too easily confused.


That is my best trait. I have it as a disclaimer on my resume'.


Confusion is a good. It means that somebody has a learning opportunity.

Wolf K.
Confusion is unlearning.