Monitor Power Down

[TDK]

I am running XP Home at home and have setup 3 logins for me & my family. I
have a flat screen with a new Nvidia Video card. Monitor Power Down works but
only when a user is logged in. Many times my daughter logs out and never
turns off the monitor. Is there a way to have a MONITOR POWER DOWN time set
so that prior to a user logs in, it works? It appears this Power Down Setting
is user specific, but I want there to be a default one above the user login
level (system level), so if no one logs in, the monitor powers down anyways.

Ideas ??? or is it just microsoft (again)....

Thanks
TDK

 

[Twayne]

I am running XP Home at home and have setup 3 logins for me & my
family. I have a flat screen with a new Nvidia Video card. Monitor
Power Down works but only when a user is logged in. Many times my
daughter logs out and never turns off the monitor. Is there a way to
have a MONITOR POWER DOWN time set so that prior to a user logs in,
it works? It appears this Power Down Setting is user specific, but I
want there to be a default one above the user login level (system
level), so if no one logs in, the monitor powers down anyways.

Ideas ??? or is it just microsoft (again)....

Thanks
TDK

Have you checked your monitor? My HP LCD flat screen has its own
settings to power it down after xx minutes. Reawakens properly; not
sure how they do it.

HTH,

Twayne

 

[BillW50]

In Twayne typed on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:26:20 -0400:

Have you checked your monitor? My HP LCD flat screen has its own
settings to power it down after xx minutes. Reawakens properly; not
sure how they do it.

HTH,

Twayne

I also have seen some computer BIOS Setups that also will power off the
monitor after X amount of minutes. And it overrides the Windows
settings.

 

[TDK]

Thanks Bill & Twayne;

Tunnel Vision I guess. Completely forgot about those 2 options. I took the
LCD setup though the minimum time selectable there is 1 hr before the monitor
blanks. Better than nothing. It works....Thanks again guys !!!

TDK of TDKtalks