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 |
How do I blank out my screen
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. |
How do I blank out my screen
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
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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 |
How do I blank out my screen
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
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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 |
How do I blank out my screen
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 |
How do I blank out my screen
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 |
How do I blank out my screen
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 |
How do I blank out my screen
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 |
How do I blank out my screen
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) |
How do I blank out my screen
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) |
How do I blank out my screen
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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