Re: energy saving settings problem

From: DL (dl_at_spoofmail.co)
Date: 08/23/04


Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:48:08 +0100

I had a similar problem, monitor suddenly refused to turn off.
Whilst researching another problem I discovered an apparent problem with
another app interacting with a video driver. The vid showed no problems in
hardware, however I reinstalled vid drivers, suddenly everything functioned
correctly.

"Brian Tuckey" <brian.tuckey@llogicacmg.com> wrote in message
news:Oi1T%23ePiEHA.2952@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I am having a real problem with a desktop that I have re-loaded Win2000
on.
> The energy saving settings don't turn off the monitor when specified. I
> have tried going into 'Settings>Control Panel>Display>Screen saver' and
then
> accessing the switch-off monitor settings. If a change is made, the
> 'switch-off' runs faultlessly. However, if the machine is re-booted,
> monitor switch-off does not happen unless you reset the energy saving
> settings again.
>
> The machine has a Tyan Tiger dual processor board and W2K has SP4
installed.
> Help!
>
> Many thanks.
>
>



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