XL: Disables Energy Saving Features of Monitors

ID: Q135637

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 3.x, 4.x, 5.0, 5.0c
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use Microsoft Excel, the energy saving feature of monitors may not work. When the low-power standby mode is invoked, the monitor will go blank, and then the monitor will come back on immediately. The monitor will no longer be in low-power standby mode.


CAUSE

This behavior occurs when all of the following conditions are true:

  • Any version of Microsoft Excel is running as the foreground program in Windows 95.


    • -and-

  • The low-power standby mode for the monitor is invoked.


    • -and-

  • You are not using a screen saver.



WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, run a screen saver program. To run a screen saver program, use the following steps:

  1. On the taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.


  2. Double-click the Display icon.


  3. Click the Screen Saver tab.


  4. Select one of the screen savers from the Screen Saver box.


This will ensure that a screen saver is run before the low-power standby and shut off monitor modes are invoked.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 3.00 4.00 97 8.00 xl97 lowpower

Keywords : xlui xlwin
Version : WINDOWS:3.x,4.x,5.0,5.0c,7.0; winnt:5.0
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type :


Last Reviewed: October 30, 1999
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