I also have been having the same problem, but I am not sure if I have dual
monitor support enabled or not. I cannot find this in the control panel.
How do I check this to see if I have the dual monitor support enabled or not?
"mikeyhsd" wrote:
> have you tried it without dual monitor support enabled.
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> "boohoo" <boohoo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0A2FECC4-333F-4990-AB3B-8A91BE0EBFE2@microsoft.com...
> Anybody else having this power scheme related problem? If so, know the
> solution? Please let me know.
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> Here are the details:
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> In my Vista power schemes, screen saver is set to turn on after 15 minutes,
> monitors are set to go into standby (power down) mode after 20 minutes.
> After an idle time of 15 minutes, the screensaver does reliably always turn
> on, however, the monitors never power down or go into standby. There are no
> processes running and no activity on the machine during this time. I have
> tried setting and resetting the power scheme options, have tried
> experimenting with different idle times, screen savers, multiple reboots,
> logins, etc, all to no avail. The monitors will never go into standby no
> matter what I do. Not sure if this is a Vista problem, or if it might also
> be a display driver thing or something...?
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> Here are some of my system stats, in case they are relevant:
> Vista Business, upgraded a WinXP system (no clean install)
> Core2Duo, with Intel board
> nVidia 7600 dual DVI card with dual monitors, using nVidia's latest
> drivers (7/27)
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> Not sure what's going on. All of this stuff worked fine for years on WinXP.
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> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated