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Old April 8th 12, 07:05 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Wolf K
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Default How do I blank out my screen

On 08/04/2012 1:52 PM, 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.


Windows 7:
Control Panel Power Options Select Power Plan Change Plan Settings
change times


IMO the simplistic control panel that W7 shows by default should be
replaced by the full version. You can do this easily by downloading
Classic Shell (free), which also gives you the XP look'n'feel, if that's
what you want. FWIW, that's the first thing I did to make W7 behave how
I wanted. I don't like Aero (and W8's "Metros" is the ugliest GUI I've
ever seen. I wouldn't want it on a phone, either, so I won't be getting
a W8 smartphone when the time comes to upgrade).

HTH,
Wolf K.
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