Monitor Switches Off Despite Settings


  1. Ex_Brit
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    Monitor Switches Off Despite Settings


    My monitor keeps turning itself off after a while and I've double, triple checked power settings and everything is set to "Never". The same settings in Vista don't give me any problems.

    Is this a bug?

    Also I notice than often when opening IE8 I get "Internet Explorer has Stopped Working" pop-up yet the page opens anyway.

    Another known issue?

    I dropped IE8 beta in its early stages as it gave me too much trouble. Now I'm stuck with it in Windows 7, if I'm not using Firefox of course.
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  3. Anthony
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    Whats Screen Saver set at? Default is 10mins, Try switching to none!

    I also find IE8 is buggy, locks up every now and then, java also dosent work properly etc. Hows firefox run on win7beta?
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  4. Ex_Brit
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    Firefox runs smoothly, even with various skins, add-ons etc.

    The screensavers are set to "None". I tried setting to "Bubbles" and the default one came on anyway, then the monitor switched off when I set it to none. Weird. I guess it's very early days yet.
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  6. skunksmash
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    Hi Ex_Brit...

    have you changed this to ''high performance''
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    my PC kept falling to sleep after a while & i couldn't wake it until i changed this (this is viewed through vista but the W7 window is much the same)

    :)SK
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  7. Ex_Brit
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    When I boot over into W7 I'll let you know, thanks.
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  8. Ex_Brit
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    skunksmash, it worked. Thanks very much.
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  10. skunksmash
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    NP...... glad you got it sorted!!

    :)SK
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  11. proscott
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    Same thing here.


    i have the exact same problem, with all the latest updates,

    i'll try this solution and let everyone know if this doesn't fix it

    Ta Scotty
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