Re: darkening the screen

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From: Lee (junk_at_leerogers.com)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: 2 Sep 2004 14:39:17 -0700

I created a script that forces the monitor to go to sleep and kill
ehshell.exe. Makes it more like a real TV.

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"Tekguru (Daron Brewood)" <tekguru@tekguru.co.uk> wrote in message news:<1h1pwf4hh7d0n$.dlg@tekguru.co.uk>...
> On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 11:04:54 -0500, Drew Carter wrote:
>
> > And nevermind. Vbscript definately kicks you out as well now.
> > Thanks a lot for your help. I'll just stick with Wizmo then.
>
> You can always use the PHM Media Center Screen saver, that's what I use
> darkens the screen beautifully

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