Re: won't go to screen saver or standby

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From: David Leslie (dwleslie_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/22/05 

Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:07:53 GMT

Have you tried installing the latest drivers for your chipset? Also worth
trying a BIOS update?

"focus912" <focus912@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B19AB3B8-5EB6-483F-8DE0-AF67A000D243@microsoft.com...
> I'm running xp pro on a tosihba tecra 8100 laptop... the unit will not go
> to
> screen saver or standby.. although it is set too
> thks
> John

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