Doug:

Does this allow the dial up connection to stay on?  Does it strictly turn off 
the monitor?  In other words, since I am constantly connected to the 
internet, the power settings just don't work, right?

Susan Hays

>I also bring my laptop home.  I also leave it on all the
time (connected via router to Cable modem).  Instead of
using the Power Management settings (which have given me
some problems on other machines) I just close the lid on my
laptop which shuts off the LCD monitor.  My daughter has
also been doing this with her laptop at school and we've
had no problems in the past 4 years.

Doug>

At 7/27/2002 08:25 AM, Susan S. Hays wrote:

My desktop at home crashed so I had to bring my laptop from
work to use here.
At work, I had my monitor to shut off after 30 minutes of
being idle.  That
feature worked just fine at work.  But here at home, for
some reason, that
feature doesn't work.  Will it hurt my laptop for my
monitor to be on all the
time?  I have a second phone line so when I connect to AOL,
I just remain
there until I leave for work the next morning.  What does
my monitor and hard
disk need to be set on for the energy saving feature to
kick in after 30
minutes to an hour of no activity.  If it won't hurt laptop
to be on all the
time, I won't worry about it.  But if it will tend to burn
out my monitor
sooner, I need to know what settings to use to fix this
problem.  Thanks so
much in advance.

         PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download
                     visit our download web page at:
                  http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml