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Old April 9th 12, 02:01 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default How do I blank out my screen



On 4/5/2012 7:57 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:02:56 -0500, wrote:

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On 05 Apr 2012, wrote in
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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.


Depends on the level of "activity" generated by playing said video. If
very low CPU required and minimal drive access, and no user activity, a
high level PC might have that problem
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