My monitor doesn’t power off while in screen saver mode
I have used the built in “Photos” screensaver with Vista for quite some time, and enjoy returning to my desk to see pictures from a recent family trip or other fun event. However, my monitor was never powering off. I could lock my laptop and walk away for hours, and neither the laptop screen nor the attached monitor would ever go to sleep.
I finally decided to dig into why, and thanks to Google one of the first hits was the following article:
It seems that there is a bug in the Photos screensaver where, since it is capable of playing videos, an audio component is loaded which causes the monitor to remain on. Even though no audio is ever played during the Photos screen saver, the component is still loaded. Unfortunately there is no fix for it, other than to choose another screen saver.
I miss my photos, but it gave me an excuse to pick up a nice digital photo frame…so I can still see my pictures whenever I want!