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Old April 20th 12, 04:25 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Gene Wirchenko
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Default How do I blank out my screen (Solution?)

On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:29:20 -0700, Gene E. Bloch
wrote:

On 4/18/2012 9:44 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
I think I know why this problem persisted. Apparently there's some sort
of power drain when one has lots of windows open, files, programs, etc.


Well, computers do run on electricity so that much is true, sort
of.

That prevents the screen from darkening. A tech computer guy here in


No.

town put me onto it. I happened to reboot today, and have a less


Or, possibly, had you on with it.

populated screen now. Blanking occurs properly.


On 4/19/2012, Bob I posted:
Obviously you had some program running in the background keeping the CPU from
achieving a true idle state, THAT is what prevented the screen from blanking.
Rebooting stopped that program and you haven't restarted it yet. When you do
restart that one, the problem will return. The "power drain" theory is a
crock, and is best forgotten.


I go with this.

OTOH, it *was* good for a mild chuckle


Very mild.

The problem is when you run into someone who believes such
nonsense. They can be very difficult to convince otherwise. If you
have to support one of them, the results could be overly interesting.

So-called power users can be such a drain.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko
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