Microsoft KB Archive/188687

Computer Hangs When Advanced Power Management Turns Off Monitor

PSS ID Number: Q188687 Article last modified on 06-30-1998

WINDOWS:1.0

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft Plus! 98, version 1.0 == Microsoft Windows 98 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When your monitor is turned off by your computer’s advanced power management feature, the computer may stop responding (hang) or the monitor may not return to full power.

= CAUSE =

This behavior can occur if your screen saver is set to be displayed at the same time the advanced power management feature turns off the monitor.

= RESOLUTION =

To resolve this issue, set your screen saver to be displayed after a different interval than the advanced power management feature uses to turn off the monitor. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Double-click Display.
 * 3) Click the Screen Saver tab.
 * 4) In the Wait box, click the number of minutes you want to elapse before Windows displays the screen saver, and then click OK.
 * 5) Double-click Power Management.
 * 6) In the Turn Off Monitor box, click the period of inactivity you want before Windows turns your monitor off, and then click OK.

NOTE: Make sure the number of minutes you selected in step 4 does not match the period of inactivity you selected in step 6.

= Additional query words: 1.00 plus98 apm screensaver crash =

Keywords : kbinterop kbtool kbimu Version : WINDOWS:1.0 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.