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Posted by dudsiam (dudsiam@cox.net) on Sat, Nov 7, 09 at 18:57
| Recently, I took my computer to the shop for some work. Only the tower was taken to the shop. I brought it home and hooked everything up. The computer runs fine, but I have noticed that the screen does not go into the "Sleep Mode". I am not sure that is the proper terminology. When the computer is left running.....with no activity, the screen used to go black. Now it does not.
Does anyone know if there is a setting on my computer that I can look into....to bring it back to its original configuration?
Thanks for your help.
Larry |
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RE: Screen Not Going Into Sleep Mode
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| you either had a screensaver set to go to black or you had the power settings set to turn the monitor off after a certain time of no activity. To check your screen saver settings right click on the desktop and select properties then screensaver tab and see what it is set on.
for power settings Start> control panel> power options> power schemes tab> turn monitor off and use the drop down tab to select a time or never and then apply ok. |
RE: Screen Not Going Into Sleep Mode
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| Ravencajun, I got to the power schemes tab. In the drop down area.....it is entirely blue. If I click the down arrow, there is nothing there. I do not see "never".....and the Apply button is greyed out. What do you recommend that I do now? |
RE: Screen Not Going Into Sleep Mode
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| in that same area at the top part it has a place to choose your power scheme, is yours set to home/office desk if not hit the drop down arrow and select that option from the list then save as. Do you now have the other options for monitor etc? Is this an xp or vista machine? |
RE: Screen Not Going Into Sleep Mode
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| Ravencajun, I am running XP. There are four tabs: Power Schemes, Advanced, Hibernate, and UPS. On the Power Schemes Tab, there is a drop down box for "Power Schemes". It is blank. If I hit the drop down arrow, it gives no choices. If I go to the Hibernate tab, "enable hibernation" is checked. Any suggestions? I can just turn off my computer or turn off my monitor. That is not too much trouble.....but I would like to find out the problem. I thank you for your help. Larry |
RE: Screen Not Going Into Sleep Mode
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Configuring Power Settings or
Managing Power Options
on that page in the above mentioned area you do not see the same thing they show in the picture?
If you do not show any of those then you need to go to kellys corner and do a reg edit, very easy to do and the directions are right up at the top of page. You need to go to this link I give then scroll down to #204 look on the RIGHT side column there you will see Restore Power Schemes/Configurations, that is the one you want to click. Follow the directions given for how to import it into your registry.
"To use the Regedits: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by right clicking on the file and selecting Edit"
when the page opens after you click on that item copy the entire page from top to bottom to save.
Restore Power Schemes/Configurations Kelly's Korner |
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