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I personally don't care for using them, but I find my new monitor's behavior of not going into standby when it is supposed to a bit distressing.

I bought this HP w2408h for Christmas. I don't regret the purchase at all, but it does not seem to go into standby when it is supposed to. Also, when it does work, it seems to have problems waking up (though this might have something to do with my HDMI switch).

So now I am looking for a screen saver (preferably free) because I simply do not like those built-in to XP. A google search for this item is simply overwhelming. I'm hoping one of you can advise a site that offers decent ones free.

The simple solution to this is actually to turn off the monitor manually.. Also try without the switch if you can

use the blank one in xp, it's like it being off.

Yeah i think i'll go with that. I googled a bit for some free ones but came up short. I could only bring myself to install one, and i didn't like it. I think the problem is my paranoia of the issues these things can cause.

Don't most graphics cards come with one? I dunno exactly, but my screen goes into the XP screensaver first with the logo jumping around the screen, and then after like 10 more minutes it'll go blank entirely, so I figured that was a hardware thing whereas the windows screensaver was a software thing..

Then again, come to think of it, the hardware wouldn't be capable of seeing the difference between a XP screensaver and normal office use..

You can have windows turn off your monitor after a period of time. It won't be completely turned off, but having it in standby mode or whatever is still better than a screensaver.

Auroa wrote:You can have windows turn off your monitor after a period of time. It won't be completely turned off, but having it in standby mode or whatever is still better than a screensaver.

Yes i agree and that is what had intended to do. But like I said, sometimes this feature works, sometimes it doesn't. It's almost like it gets a false input that keeps it awake, or there is some kind of active service running in the background that is somehow causing it to not standby. I am puzzled by this as my last CRT monitor never faltered. I am thinking it has something to do with the HDMI switch I have it connected to.