Re: Screen blanks out on laptop

From: Jeanie Decker \(MS\) (jdecker_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:07:34 -0800

Check the settings in "Power Options" in Control Panel (in the Performance &
Maintenance group, if you use the "common tasks" view of Control Panel.) It
sounds like your laptop is going on standby. A laptop will typically have
two different power option configurations: one when plugged in and one when
running on battery. 

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Jeanie Decker
Microsoft Learning
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"Toshiba User" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:769B8F5F-3E8C-4F1D-B2B5-1D6AC3CBEDB9@microsoft.com...
> In the past couple of days my laptop screen blacks out without cause.  I
have not noticed any trend except that it will stay on when a program is
running, such as my word processor, or data base program or when on the
internet  -- but not always.  When it starts to misbehave it will blank out
almost constantly allowing a couple of seconds with screen on.  I have been
bringing in the screen by pressing the on/off switch/sensor the laptop has
when the laptop is closed.  When I do this the screen reappears and may stay
on for the duration of the session or go back into black status.  I appears
that opening a program keeps the screen lit on.
>
> I have tried changing the display controls under the control settings.
Any ideas.

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