monitor fails to switch on after switching off to save power

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Mike Henley

i have a sony vaio laptop using windows xp, i have read somewhere on
these newsgroups that using a screensaver is not recommended for LCDs,
and that it's better to turn the screensaver to None and activate the
automatic switching off of the monitor, which is fine with me as i
like to leave the computer on during the night or day and prefer to
not switch it off... now the problem is that when i did that, the
monitor would switch off indeed after set idle time, but then when i
press the keyboard it fails to switch back on, i know the machine is
still on, 'cos this would happen even if i'd set the idle period to 1
or 2 minutes just to test it, and yet the monitor would remain off...

what is wrong and what can i do...
 
Using a screensaver with a LCD is fine and will not impart
any adverse affects. What you apparently heard is untrue.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

| i have a sony vaio laptop using windows xp, i have read somewhere on
| these newsgroups that using a screensaver is not recommended for LCDs,
| and that it's better to turn the screensaver to None and activate the
| automatic switching off of the monitor, which is fine with me as i
| like to leave the computer on during the night or day and prefer to
| not switch it off... now the problem is that when i did that, the
| monitor would switch off indeed after set idle time, but then when i
| press the keyboard it fails to switch back on, i know the machine is
| still on, 'cos this would happen even if i'd set the idle period to 1
| or 2 minutes just to test it, and yet the monitor would remain off...
|
| what is wrong and what can i do...
 
Carey Frisch said:
Using a screensaver with a LCD is fine and will not impart
any adverse affects. What you apparently heard is untrue.
Click to expand...

if i leave it on all the time, with the screensaver on, won't that
reduce the life of the LCD considerably...
 
No, I've been using a LCD for years with no problems at all.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| if i leave it on all the time, with the screensaver on, won't that
| reduce the life of the LCD considerably...
 
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