I have my screen saver set to 30 mins.And i have it set to turn off monitor in 1 hour.The screen saver don't come on and the monitor don't go off.Whats the deal?Yes load power profile is checked in msconfig.And no its not anything to do with McAfee antivirus.I don't use McAfee.

Unless I'm mistaken,(which I've been known to be),the power management option kicks in based on inactivity.A screensaver is "activity",as far as your PC is concerned. I also have my monitor set to "power down" after 20 mins.If/when I use a screensaver (as they're basically unnecessary these days),my monitor does not power down.

You are wrong.It just started doing this.The screen saver can come on and then the monitor can go off so many mins after.If it couldn't they would not put it in the settings.

Well,on my system,I just set a screensaver at 1 minute,and set the monitor to power down after 2 minutes.After 2 attempts to let Windows do it's thing,my monitor did not shut down,as the screensaver kept running... I can tell you this though...any power management option is not the most reliable in WinME,IMHO.

Christopher- Kid- Kid you are correct. Christopher you might try using hibernate if you really want your monitor to go off. Once you turn your monitor on you should never turn it off. Capacitors getting hot and then cooling down is the worst thing for monitor. That alone will take months off a monitors lifespan ( norm 3 yrs). Monitors are made to run.. not sit.

I am wrong about what?Im not dumb ok?I know ive had my screensaver set to 30 mins before and it worked and ive had my monitor set to go off in an hour it worked.Now it want.So don't say im wrong im the one sitting in front of my computer not you.This has Worked before when i installed Windows ME.I went back to 98 SE for a while.Scence microsoft is going to stop supporting 98 i came back to Windows ME.Dang i read somewhere that XP was the worst OS EVER.I think the worst OS is Windows ME.Im stuck with it for now my BIOS want take XP and i don't have money for a new computer for a Upgrade.

Christopher- I appollogize, I wasnt implying by any means you were dumb, nor did I say you were wrong. I agree with Kid on the fact that your screen saver is an activity, and if you set your monitor to power off after a period of inactivity, it would stand to reason that it is not going off because it is never inactive. If you notice I said you might try setting it to go into hibernation, just that in my expiriance with monitors it usually is best to leave them on for as long as possible and to try to move them around as little as poossible