Monitors won't go to power off all the time

I've tried several things like updating the Nvidia drivers and still it
don't put them in power saving mode.

I don't know what else to do as it's frustrating to come down in the morning
and see that the damn things have been on all night!

Thanks for any help, Rich

Make sure you are not using any screen savers prior to the monitor sleep
mode. Some of these can keep a computer from functioning correctly because
they use too many CPU cycles. The computer never goes to sleep nor does the
monitor sleep.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Rich" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I've tried several things like updating the Nvidia drivers and still it
> don't put them in power saving mode.
>
> I don't know what else to do as it's frustrating to come down in the
> morning and see that the damn things have been on all night!
>
> Thanks for any help, Rich
>

I use blank and that kicks in before the time out for sleep. I thought it
was only the 3d savers that kept things from sleeping?

Should I set sleep before screen saver or just turn saver off and let the
power mode do the saving as well?

Thanks for the heads up, Rich


"Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Make sure you are not using any screen savers prior to the monitor sleep
> mode. Some of these can keep a computer from functioning correctly because
> they use too many CPU cycles. The computer never goes to sleep nor does
> the monitor sleep.
>
> --
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
> "Rich" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I've tried several things like updating the Nvidia drivers and still it
>> don't put them in power saving mode.
>>
>> I don't know what else to do as it's frustrating to come down in the
>> morning and see that the damn things have been on all night!
>>
>> Thanks for any help, Rich
>>
>

As I said, "some of them"....................

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Rich" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I use blank and that kicks in before the time out for sleep. I thought it
>was only the 3d savers that kept things from sleeping?
>
> Should I set sleep before screen saver or just turn saver off and let the
> power mode do the saving as well?
>
> Thanks for the heads up, Rich
>
>
> "Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Make sure you are not using any screen savers prior to the monitor sleep
>> mode. Some of these can keep a computer from functioning correctly
>> because they use too many CPU cycles. The computer never goes to sleep
>> nor does the monitor sleep.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Desktop Experience
>>
>>
>> "Rich" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> I've tried several things like updating the Nvidia drivers and still it
>>> don't put them in power saving mode.
>>>
>>> I don't know what else to do as it's frustrating to come down in the
>>> morning and see that the damn things have been on all night!
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help, Rich
>>>
>>
>
>

Check to see if Windows Media Player is set to allow screen saver during
playback.

"Rich" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I've tried several things like updating the Nvidia drivers and still it
> don't put them in power saving mode.
>
> I don't know what else to do as it's frustrating to come down in the
> morning and see that the damn things have been on all night!
>
> Thanks for any help, Rich
>

I don't use WMP but I'll check the setting.

Rich


"Bob" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Check to see if Windows Media Player is set to allow screen saver during
> playback.
>
> "Rich" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I've tried several things like updating the Nvidia drivers and still it
>> don't put them in power saving mode.
>>
>> I don't know what else to do as it's frustrating to come down in the
>> morning and see that the damn things have been on all night!
>>
>> Thanks for any help, Rich
>>
>
>