Thread: screen saver
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Old 08-09-2007   #4 (permalink)
Jon
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Re: screen saver

I'm not a hardware expert, but as I understand it screensavers have long
since ceased to do squat for saving the screen. They're there just as an
attractive artistic alternative to staring at a black screen, I would
suppose.

One of the hardware boys may provide a more in-depth analysis.

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Jon


"technerd" <technerd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F2401E5D-17B7-4166-8081-F534EFD1845E@microsoft.com...
> That seems odd to me. What good is a screen saver if it doesn't save your
> screen by blanking it?
>
> "Jon" wrote:
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>>
>> "technerd" <technerd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5D2A4ABD-532C-4572-8654-3441C3B63841@microsoft.com...
>> > My screen does not go blank when my screen saver kicks in. Is there an
>> > easy
>> > fix for this? Thanks.

>>
>>
>> It can depend on which screensaver you're using eg Bubbles doesn't blank
>> the
>> screen out.
>>
>> --
>> Jon
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