Problem with playing videos

I have a Dell inspiron 6400 laptop with vista ultimate installed and when
ever I play a movie windows turns off the screen after 20 minutes (that's the
time I told windows to turn the screen off when idle). In the power
management I chose to prevent idle sleep while sharing media but windows
still turns off the screen. Is there any way to prevent this while I watch
videos?

Move the mouse every 19 minutes.

"Elad" wrote:

> I have a Dell inspiron 6400 laptop with vista ultimate installed and when
> ever I play a movie windows turns off the screen after 20 minutes (that's the
> time I told windows to turn the screen off when idle). In the power
> management I chose to prevent idle sleep while sharing media but windows
> still turns off the screen. Is there any way to prevent this while I watch
> videos?

that seems a bit dumb, there must be a better way to handle this.

"Mick Murphy" wrote:

> Move the mouse every 19 minutes.
>
> "Elad" wrote:
>
> > I have a Dell inspiron 6400 laptop with vista ultimate installed and when
> > ever I play a movie windows turns off the screen after 20 minutes (that's the
> > time I told windows to turn the screen off when idle). In the power
> > management I chose to prevent idle sleep while sharing media but windows
> > still turns off the screen. Is there any way to prevent this while I watch
> > videos?