How do I blank out my screen

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Char Jackson typed:
On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:02:56 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:

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Nil typed:
On 05 Apr 2012, "BillW50" wrote in
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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.
;-)

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.

I suppose it depends on the player. Some players have a toggle to
deactivate screen blanking while running and some doesn't. And if you
are watching a movie through the browser like the website Hulu or
something, I think you are stuck.

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Bill
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