Re: Power Options won't stick on Windows 2000

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"Todd" <Noname@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a problem with the "Turn off monitor:" setting in the Power Options
Properties Window not sticking.

In the Power Options Properties, I have "Turn off monitor:" set to "After
10
mins".

It will work as it is supposed to for a while, after ten minutes without
keyboard or mouse activity, the monitor will turn off, and the screen will
go blank.

After a little keyboard or mouse action, and a pause to warm up it will
light up and start working again.

Then it will just stop working. No matter how long it sits without
keyboard
or mouse activity, the monitor will not turn off, and the screen will not
go
blank. "Turn off monitor:" has apparently been set to "never".

Then I go to the Power Options Properties and "Turn off monitor:" is still
set to "After 10 mins".

I change "Turn off monitor:" from "After 10 mins" to some other setting
such
as "After 15 mins" which activates the "Apply" button (changes it from
gray
to black), then I set it back to "After 10 mins" and click the "Apply"
button.

Then "Turn off monitor:" will work again for days or weeks before it stops
working again.

What is going on here? The settings are correct in the Power Options
Properties, but it stops turning off my monitor.

Is there some other place that the system is really checking for the "Turn
off monitor:" setting besides Power Options Properties?

Is some event resetting the "Turn off monitor:" setting to "never" in some
other place without changing it in the Power Options Properties?

Has anybody seen this on another system?

Todd




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