power options not functioning

Hi,

I'm running windows vista home premium.

Windows fails to recognize my computer is idling.

1) "Choose when to turn off the display" does not work no matter what time
interval i set it to. I have tried turning off Adaptive display, does not
help.

2) Msn fails to change state to "away" after whatever time interval i set as
well.

thanks.

Go to Advance Power Settings.
Set hard drive to turn off a minute or 2 before sleep.
Set Hybrid and Hibernate modes to "Never"
Under USB settings select "Disable"
Under Multimedia select "Allow ....."

"Dennix" <Dennix@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm running windows vista home premium.
>
> Windows fails to recognize my computer is idling.
>
> 1) "Choose when to turn off the display" does not work no matter what time
> interval i set it to. I have tried turning off Adaptive display, does not
> help.
>
> 2) Msn fails to change state to "away" after whatever time interval i set
> as
> well.
>
> thanks.

Bob;626832 Wrote:
> Go to Advance Power Settings.
> Set hard drive to turn off a minute or 2 before sleep.
> Set Hybrid and Hibernate modes to "Never"
> Under USB settings select "Disable"
> Under Multimedia select "Allow ....."
>
> "Dennix" <Dennix@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:F9D12E5F-464B-4FA6-8339-8FF2869C3F2A@xxxxxx> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm running windows vista home premium.
> > >
> > > Windows fails to recognize my computer is idling.
> > >
> > > 1) "Choose when to turn off the display" does not work no matter what
> > time
> > > interval i set it to. I have tried turning off Adaptive display, does
> > not
> > > help.
> > >
> > > 2) Msn fails to change state to "away" after whatever time interval i
> > set
> > > as
> > > well.
> > >
> > > thanks. > >

Hi bob,

thanks, I have tried the setting and restarted, but still it doesnt
work. msn still stays online and display doesnt go off, for some
reasons, the computer fails to recognize the idling.

Dennis.


--
dennis72

If you have a MS wireless mouse then this is the culprit. Check MSDN help
for it. They offer a fix that does not really work IMHO.

You may need to replace your mouse.

"dennis72" <dennis72.35fcc2@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> Bob;626832 Wrote:
>> Go to Advance Power Settings.
>> Set hard drive to turn off a minute or 2 before sleep.
>> Set Hybrid and Hibernate modes to "Never"
>> Under USB settings select "Disable"
>> Under Multimedia select "Allow ....."
>>
>> "Dennix" <Dennix@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:F9D12E5F-464B-4FA6-8339-8FF2869C3F2A@xxxxxx> > >
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > I'm running windows vista home premium.
>> > >
>> > > Windows fails to recognize my computer is idling.
>> > >
>> > > 1) "Choose when to turn off the display" does not work no matter what
>> > time
>> > > interval i set it to. I have tried turning off Adaptive display, does
>> > not
>> > > help.
>> > >
>> > > 2) Msn fails to change state to "away" after whatever time interval i
>> > set
>> > > as
>> > > well.
>> > >
>> > > thanks. > >
>
> Hi bob,
>
> thanks, I have tried the setting and restarted, but still it doesnt
> work. msn still stays online and display doesnt go off, for some
> reasons, the computer fails to recognize the idling.
>
> Dennis.
>
>
> --
> dennis72

Have you installed the latest drivers for your video card and/or your
monitor?

"dennis72" <dennis72.35fcc2@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> Bob;626832 Wrote:
>> Go to Advance Power Settings.
>> Set hard drive to turn off a minute or 2 before sleep.
>> Set Hybrid and Hibernate modes to "Never"
>> Under USB settings select "Disable"
>> Under Multimedia select "Allow ....."
>>
>> "Dennix" <Dennix@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:F9D12E5F-464B-4FA6-8339-8FF2869C3F2A@xxxxxx> > >
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > I'm running windows vista home premium.
>> > >
>> > > Windows fails to recognize my computer is idling.
>> > >
>> > > 1) "Choose when to turn off the display" does not work no matter what
>> > time
>> > > interval i set it to. I have tried turning off Adaptive display, does
>> > not
>> > > help.
>> > >
>> > > 2) Msn fails to change state to "away" after whatever time interval i
>> > set
>> > > as
>> > > well.
>> > >
>> > > thanks. > >
>
> Hi bob,
>
> thanks, I have tried the setting and restarted, but still it doesnt
> work. msn still stays online and display doesnt go off, for some
> reasons, the computer fails to recognize the idling.
>
> Dennis.
>
>
> --
> dennis72

Bob;627079 Wrote:
> Have you installed the latest drivers for your video card and/or your
> monitor?
>

yes, I have installed the latest drivers for both my video card and
monitor, I'm running nvidia 8500GT and Samsung 226BW on DVI.


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dennis72

I would like to off an additional suggestion but I can't because you did not
include any relevant information from this thread.

"dennis72" <dennis72.35ghb5@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> Bob;627079 Wrote:
>> Have you installed the latest drivers for your video card and/or your
>> monitor?
>>
>
> yes, I have installed the latest drivers for both my video card and
> monitor, I'm running nvidia 8500GT and Samsung 226BW on DVI.
>
>
> --
> dennis72