On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 17:26:57 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 19:42:34 -0500, GSalisbury wrote:

"The Learner" wrote in message
...
I have an HP laptop using Vista SP-2. Until recently, the power settings
worked the way I set them (especially shutting off the display after 15
minutes of idle time). Now, this particular setting doesn't work (the
display stays on all the time). I haven't checked the other settings
yet. Tried Google but couldn't find anything that applied. Suggestions
for a solution?

Control Panel / Power Options

Did you notice that he has already set the power options, but that they
recently stopped working?

I would be glad to offer a suggestion to the OP, but I often have the same
problem (not consistently, unfortunately) and haven't solved it.

I have a thought that the Windows Search Indexer is implicated, but I'm not
sure. And previously I had a wireless mouse & keyboard that added a
reproducible 5 minute delay to the Screen Saver and Screen Dark
timeouts...The new KB & mouse don't have that problem. Weird...

BTW, I'm running 7, not Vista.

Thanks, Gene. I might have found another way to solve the problem. After
I check it out, I'll let you know.