WindowsXP Screen Saver

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Do I save any power by using the Screen Saver? If not,
what benefit am I getting from the Screen Saver? Do you
havew any suggestions for me regarding the Display
Properties setting?
Thanks, Jack
 
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Do I save any power by using the Screen Saver? If not,
what benefit am I getting from the Screen Saver? Do you
havew any suggestions for me regarding the Display
Properties setting?
Thanks, Jack
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If you are using a CRT screen, the screen saver prevents
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an image being being "burnt" onto the inside of the
screen by moving the image about. Not sure if it saves
power or not though.
Shagbart
 
Screensavers go back to the "Old DOS" days when computers sat on desktop
without any significant screen/resolution changes and caused burn-in of
display images. Todays monitors are constructed that a burn-in is "almost
impossible, but PC users got used to having graphics/pictures/animatio
showing while they are idle, thus screensavers became a common us
more for entertainment, like the use of aquariums, cartoons and Afterdark
They do not use more power, they only way to save power is to use th
Hibernate, Standby or monitor shutdown features, by doing this
Rightclick open area of screen/properties/screensaver tab/power button.
 
Jack said:
Do I save any power by using the Screen Saver? If not,
what benefit am I getting from the Screen Saver? Do you
have any suggestions for me regarding the Display
Properties setting?
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Old monitors used to suffer damage when they displayed the same image
for hours on end. So screensavers were invented to keep changing the
display when the computer wasn't being used, and protect the monitors
from "burn-in".

Modern monitors don't have that problem, so screen savers are
primarily for entertainment. There's also a security function, in that
you can set things so that the computer will require you to supply a
password to leave the screen saver.

If you only want to save energy, click the "Power" button on the
"Screen Savers" tab of the display properties box, and set the monitor
to turn off after some period of non-use.
 
Many also use the password protection on screen savers as a security
measure when they leave their desk, although with lock workstation
available it is unneeded.

Steve
 
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an image being being "burnt" onto the inside of the
screen by moving the image about.
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The "burn-in" of which you speak was a problem on monitors years
ago. Modern monitors aren't completely immune to it, but close
enough that it's no longer a serious problem.

So the name "screen saver" is essentially just an anachronism
today. Their only real use is in an office environment; if you
leave your desk and don't want passers-by to see what you've been
doing on your computer, a screen saver is a useful tool.
 
Jack said:
Do I save any power by using the Screen Saver? If not,
what benefit am I getting from the Screen Saver?
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These days pretty well no benefit. Except to disguise what you were
doing from the eyes of passers by. Screen savers date from the days of
command line systems, like DOS, and CRT monitors, and were to stop the
machine being left always with C:> top left until it burned itself into
the screen.

With a GUI like windows the image is much less high power and the
screens are better. On an LCD it is not a problem at all. What is a
good idea is to use the Power settings to turn the screen off after say
10 mins inactivity - that will save power, and on an LCD will help the
life of the backlight tube
 
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