How do I disable the black screen whenever my pc idles?

I have screensaver disabled through personalize menu and command prompt.

I have sleep/hibernation disabled through power options and reg edit.

I have every power option set to not hibernate, sleep, go to screen saver, or anything.

I have disabled every possible thing I could find that would cause a blank, black screen to appear whenever I don't touch my pc for an amount of time.

And yet, I still get the black screen when my pc is idle.

Why? How can I stop it? It's annoying and I have zero interest in having it.

I'd appreciate any help/advice.

I run Windows 7 Professional.

laptop? netbook? desktop? manufacturer?model number? full system specs?

need more info to try to help you solve this

It's a desktop and I don't have any option for plugged in or battery but I do have the options in the power plans all set to Never/Disable where appropriate.

I'm at a bit of a loss.

is power plan set to 'high performance'?

No, just basic. Is that important? I don't want to use more power than necessary, but I also don't want that screensaver.

Would putting it on high disable the screensaver thing? If I left it on basic, is there a way I could extend the amount of time it takes before the screen saver appears?

first--right click on desktop and select personalization--make sure 'screen saver' is set to NONE--if that doesn't solve it--then change power plan to 'High Performance'.

I did say I already did the screensaver thing but I will set it to high to see what it does. Unfortunately I'm about to go to bed so I won't see if it worked until I get up.

another thing to try is to get into your BIOS and check the advanced power management settings--see the 'Video Off Method' section on this linked page

Power Management Settings : BIOS for Beginners

wait to see the results of the high performance setting before you start tweaking the BIOS

also--read this page:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/

it applys to win7 and vista

Seems to have worked. Thank you.