Microsoft KB Archive/135637

= Disables Energy Saving Features of Monitors =

Article ID: 135637

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 3.0a
 * Microsoft Excel 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 4.0a
 * Microsoft Excel 4.0c
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0c
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q135637





SYMPTOMS
When you use Microsoft Excel, the energy saving feature of monitors may not work. When the low-power standby mode is invoked, the monitor will go blank, and then the monitor will come back on immediately. The monitor will no longer be in low-power standby mode.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when all of the following conditions are true:


 * Any version of Microsoft Excel is running as the foreground program in Windows 95. -and-


 * The low-power standby mode for the monitor is invoked. -and-


 * You are not using a screen saver.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, run a screen saver program. To run a screen saver program, use the following steps:


 * 1) On the taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Double-click the Display icon.
 * 3) Click the Screen Saver tab.
 * 4) Select one of the screen savers from the Screen Saver box.

This will ensure that a screen saver is run before the low-power standby and shut off monitor modes are invoked.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 3.00 4.00 97 8.00 xl97 lowpower XL

Keywords: KB135637

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