may not help but I have a 19" that will not wake up IF I turn the monitor off, as long as I let the power management handle things it wakes up fine. Usually turning the monitor OFF then ON would bring it to life fp
At 01:49 PM 6/9/2009, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: >Well, the monitor issue is still open. Tried all sorts of keyboard >combinations to no avail. I really don't understand why either the MB or the >OS would suspend or just halt with no monitor seen. > >Steve > >Brian Weeden wrote: >>I had a similar issue with trying to get the monitor to come up after it >>auto shuts off due to inactivity. I found that by giving it the >>ctrl-alt-del salute and then hitting esc it woke up the monitor. >>That Tweakui problem is weird - I used it to do the same thing for years on >>my XP systems and never saw that. Is fast user switching disabled? I >>always had that off, maybe it makes a difference. I know under Vista/Win7 >>you enable autologon a different way, by going through the advanced user >>accounts settings and turning off "users must enter a login/password". That >>might be the ultimate setting that TweakUI is accessing, although I'm not >>sure. >>--------------------------- >>Brian Weeden >>Technical Advisor >>Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> >>+1 (514) 466-2756 Canada >>+1 (202) 683-8534 US >> >>On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Steve Tomporowski <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>>I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but >>>annoying. >>> >>>First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a >>>folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created >>>folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has >>>worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact >>>folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to >>>look for this one now. >>> >>>Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the >>>monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a >>>black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, >>>keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or >>>reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows >>>(all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. >>> >>>Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot >>>up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net >>>choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been >>>unchecked. How do I get it to stray? >>> >>>This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything >>>else. >>> >>>Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! >>> >>>Thanks....Steve >>> >>> >>>__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >>>database 4139 (20090608) __________ >>> >>>The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >>> >>>http://www.eset.com >>> >>> >> >>__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >>database 4139 (20090608) __________ >>The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >>http://www.eset.com > > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >database 4142 (20090609) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com > -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Since we all move so slow, why is it called rush hour?
