boohoo

I don't use the photo screensaver. I just use the default "Windows Vista"
logo screensaver.

"Pops" wrote:

> The problem may also be in photos screensaver. We I use any other
> screensaver the power options work. I think it may have to do with the idle
> time set in the photo screensaver being different than that in my power
> options which then causes the power options to not work as set.
>
> "boohoo" wrote:
>
> > I haven't tried disabling dual monitors; however, I did do an interesting
> > experiment which leads me to believe there is an interaction issue with
> > active Firewire devices.
> >
> > Here's the experiment:
> >
> > 1. Boot Vista with my Firewire audio interface powered down. In this case,
> > the monitors appear to have the proper standby power down behavior after
> > 20min inactivity.
> >
> > 2. Boot Vista with my Firewire audio powered up. In this case, the monitors
> > never go into standby, even though the screensave comes on at the proper time.
> >
> > 3. Boot Vista with my Firewire audio powered up, then power down the
> > Firewire audio interface after boot up. In this case, the monitors still
> > have the standby problem.
> >
> > So, somehow, it seems Vista is not happy about the Firewire device.
> > (device is an MOTU Traveler audio interface)
> >
> >
> > "Pops" wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > mikeyhsd@comcast.net
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "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.
> > > >
> > > > Here are the details:
> > > >
> > > > 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...?
> > > >
> > > > 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)
> > > >
> > > > Not sure what's going on. All of this stuff worked fine for years on WinXP.
> > > >
> > > > Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated