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StoneyPA

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March 28th, 2008 22:00

Display NOT powering off after inactivity?

I have my screen saver set to start after 5 minutes of inactivity on my new Inspiron 1420.  I also have my display set to power off after 20 minutes on both battery and plug on performance settings.

 

My screen saver starts as it's supposed to, but the display never powers down after the 20 minutes.  The screen saver shouldn't be causing the screen to stay on, correct?

 

What else could be causing this to happen?  Am I missing another setting somewhere?

EDIT:  Just turned screen saver off (Windows Logo on Vista) and now display turned off after 20 minutes.  Screen savers never override desktop monitor settings.. wonder why this is happening on the laptop???  Can it be corrected to work as it should?
Message Edited by StoneyPA on 03-28-2008 07:06 PM

Balaji Ramanath

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March 28th, 2008 23:00

My computer has a similar problem.  It will never turn the screen off unless all windows are minimized to the taskbar.  Someone had too much time on their hands and coded something up in the power settings thinking they were being very smart.  Unfortunately, I still haven't found a solution to the problem (except making sure I minimize everything if I am going to be away from the computer for a while).

StoneyPA

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March 29th, 2008 01:00

Thanks for that tip.  I'll give it a try.  Are you still able to utilize the screen saver and have the display shut off?

Balaji Ramanath

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March 29th, 2008 02:00

I never use screensavers, so I have no idea whether mine considers screensavers to be user activity.

StoneyPA

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March 29th, 2008 05:00

Seems like it's just the screen saver causing the issues. For some reason, my system must be viewing the screen saver as activity. I tried to keep any open windows minimized, maximized, etc. but nothing allowed the display to turn off after the targeted time. If I shut the screen saver off, then it works just fine though. Must be a bunch of cretins programming this stuff. So I'll just keep the screen saver off and shorten the time a bit to turn the display off...

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