Try two things: first, go to My Computer | Control Panel | Power Management and set your Standby feature to Never, if this has not already been done. Use only the powerdown features for your monitor and hard drive. Secondly, either disable your screensaver altogether or choose a simple, non-3D screensaver and see if doing either or both of these things will help you.
Standby was developed for the purpose of preserving battery power in laptops, but it did not port well to desktop systems. It causes trouble like the lockups you've been experiencing. Complex screensavers, especially if they have a memory leak, can eat your memory up, again resulting in a lockup.
Thanks for that Kay. I don't have a screen saver, the screen just goes blank/black. I think they are a waste of memory space as some , as you say, take up large quantities of memory for no real gain! I have altered the Standby feature to 'Never' and will wait to see what the beast does!
KayH
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May 1st, 2000 11:00
Hi,
Try two things: first, go to My Computer | Control Panel | Power Management and set your Standby feature to Never, if this has not already been done. Use only the powerdown features for your monitor and hard drive. Secondly, either disable your screensaver altogether or choose a simple, non-3D screensaver and see if doing either or both of these things will help you.
Standby was developed for the purpose of preserving battery power in laptops, but it did not port well to desktop systems. It causes trouble like the lockups you've been experiencing. Complex screensavers, especially if they have a memory leak, can eat your memory up, again resulting in a lockup.
Hope this helps--good luck,
Kay
Mav
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May 1st, 2000 12:00