screen saver

That seems odd to me. What good is a screen saver if it doesn't save your
screen by blanking it?

"Jon" wrote:

>
> "technerd" <technerd RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5D2A4ABD-532C-4572-8654-3441C3B63841@microsoft.com...
> > My screen does not go blank when my screen saver kicks in. Is there an
> > easy
> > fix for this? Thanks.
>
>
> It can depend on which screensaver you're using eg Bubbles doesn't blank the
> screen out.
>
> --
> Jon
>
>
>

I'm not a hardware expert, but as I understand it screensavers have long
since ceased to do squat for saving the screen. They're there just as an
attractive artistic alternative to staring at a black screen, I would
suppose.

One of the hardware boys may provide a more in-depth analysis.

--
Jon


"technerd" <technerd DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F2401E5D-17B7-4166-8081-F534EFD1845E@microsoft.com...
> That seems odd to me. What good is a screen saver if it doesn't save your
> screen by blanking it?
>
> "Jon" wrote:
>
>>
>> "technerd" <technerd DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5D2A4ABD-532C-4572-8654-3441C3B63841@microsoft.com...
>> > My screen does not go blank when my screen saver kicks in. Is there an
>> > easy
>> > fix for this? Thanks.
>>
>>
>> It can depend on which screensaver you're using eg Bubbles doesn't blank
>> the
>> screen out.
>>
>> --
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 20:54:14 +0100, "Jon"
<Email_Address RemoveThis @SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote:

> I'm not a hardware expert, but as I understand it screensavers have long
> since ceased to do squat for saving the screen.



True.



> They're there just as an
> attractive artistic alternative to staring at a black screen, I would
> suppose.


Not quite. The main value of a screensaver these days is so someone in
an office can leave his desk without leaving what he was doing visible
to passers-by.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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