On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 10:52:59 -0700, "W. eWatson"
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?
This thread seems to have dissolved into complete nonsense. If someone
figured it out, it sure isn't apparent where that is. I suppose I could
chalk it up to MS's almost incomprehensible design of the Power Options.
This more or less seems like a common case with other components of
Win7, and products like Word.

Would it serve your need to use a manual blanker? If you
know you're going to be away from your computer for more
than a certain amount of time, you could blank the screen
manually, using Steve Gibson's "Wizmo":

http://www.grc.com/wizmo/wizmo.htm

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croy