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Just out of curiosity, is the computer in question a desktop or a laptop?
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Desktop
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Peter Kinross wrote:
28 May 2021, 04:14
Thanks Leif, I had already been there, sadly the screen shown in that link differs from mine - see post above.
Darned frustrating; assuming my monitor chews through 150 watts (pure guess), that would amount to 6 cents/hour, at 20 hours non use per day = $1.20. = $36/month = $430/year.
Did you check the settings in Administrator mode?

Did you check if there is a driver update for your monitor?

150W sounds excessive. I just checked the nearest screen to me, and with an external PSU, it is rated at 12VDC/3A, which equates to 36W. If you are truly wasting $430 a year, the obvious thing to do would be to buy a more efficient monitor...
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If it is impossible (for whatever reason) to find that setting within Windows, would it not be just as simple (I know - not as convenient) to simply turn the monitor off and on via the monitor power switch? :scratch:

You certainly don't have to be "resigned to having the monitor on continuously".
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Far too often I leave the room intending to come straight back and don't. Thus I would get what I now have, nothing lost, nothing gained. The converse also, a lot of times I would turn the monitor off only to want it back on within a few mins - which would definitely be OK.
So it would appear, in the absence of any alternative, turning it off would be about the only option. So I'll give it a go.
Thanks all
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Just saw this article. There are several suggestions pertaining to your problem. No guarantees of course, but it might be worth a look.
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Thanks John. I had all the settings they recommended set as they said. However, I ran the troubleshooter that they advised. It changed a few settings, I'll have to wait and see. Will let you know.
Thanks again.
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No diff at all, still exactly the same - frustrating.
Thanks anyway.
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SOLUTION
It was a bung monitor!
Earlier this week it just wouldn't turn on. Didn't know if it was a crook monitor or a crook video card. Fingers crossed and purchased a new monitor. Phew, right guess, now everything works as it always has. The old one must have been about 15 years old - so no complaints.
Once again thanks heaps for all your ideas.
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