Monitor won't enter power save after playing You Tube videos...

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January 21, 2011
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Hi

An issue has developed on my system in the last couple of months for which, after having done a lot of research and testing, a solution has not been found. After playing a video in You Tube, my monitor won't go into power save mode after the prescribed time. It tries to go off for a second and the screen goes blank but then comes straight on again. This happens after playing the You Tube videos in Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. I am running Windows XP Professional and I have the latest version of Adobe Flashplayer installed, the latest graphics card drivers, the latest version of direct x 9.0c.

To clear this error, I have to go into my XP power schemes settings and change it to another power scheme and then change it back to my default power scheme. However, as soon as I play another you tube video the same problem re-occurs.

I have tried turning off hardware acceleration but this makes no difference. My graphics card is a Gigabyte gv-nx86t512h: http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2604#ov

This never used to happen until recently. It seems that there is something with the Flashplayer that is not compatible with Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer etc.

Any ideas as to what may be causing this and what can be done to overcome it would be greatly appreciated as it is a real nuisance.

Many thanks.

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Mo-s

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If that doesn't help, try to uninstall some plugins and addons and toolbars from your

browser, also run a Virus and Adware scan - can't hurt...

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quidozaAuthor

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thanks for your suggestions.

i found the solution/workaround from somone else on the adobe forums:

Go to control panel, display, screen saver, choose a random screen saver, set a long time (i.e. 60 min, but always longer than your monitor shut off time), then select no screen saver, and save! Simple as that…

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mszd1

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OMG! You've got to be kidding! It works! I've had this problem for the last two years. I've researched it over and over, tried everything, and nothing worked. That did it! So simple. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I will sleep so much better tonight. . .

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Mo-s

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Look at the bottom of the screen next to the click where the active programs are, see if there is something remaining there after playing a video, sometimes this happens to me the is a % sign...

Also do CNtrl Alt Del and see if any processes are running that should be.

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