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From: DD on 20 Apr 2010 00:01
I am sure there must be an easy way to temporarily disable the
screensaver and stop the computer going into hibernation or sleep modes!
I want to make it possible to watch a video file without having to keep
manually deactivating these functions. Can anyone help?

Dennis
From: Alan Edwards on 20 Apr 2010 00:17
What application are you playing them with?
WMP 11 has an option "Allow screen saver during playback"
Uncheck that in WMP-Tools-Options-Player tab if using WMP

....Alan
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On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:01:44 +1000, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers, DD <tobytoby50(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I am sure there must be an easy way to temporarily disable the
>screensaver and stop the computer going into hibernation or sleep modes!
>I want to make it possible to watch a video file without having to keep
>manually deactivating these functions. Can anyone help?
>
>Dennis
From: DD on 20 Apr 2010 01:48
Thanks for the quick reply! I am using VLC player mostly but I also use
other programs from time to time, I'm really looking for a windows
solution rather than a specific program solution.

Dennis

On 20/04/10 2:17 PM, Alan Edwards wrote:
> What application are you playing them with?
> WMP 11 has an option "Allow screen saver during playback"
> Uncheck that in WMP-Tools-Options-Player tab if using WMP
>
> ...Alan
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
> http://dts-l.com/index.htm
>
>
>
> On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:01:44 +1000, in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers, DD<tobytoby50(a)hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I am sure there must be an easy way to temporarily disable the
>> screensaver and stop the computer going into hibernation or sleep modes!
>> I want to make it possible to watch a video file without having to keep
>> manually deactivating these functions. Can anyone help?
>>
>> Dennis

From: Stubbo of Oz on 20 Apr 2010 02:02
On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:01:44 +1000, DD <tobytoby50(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> I am sure there must be an easy way to temporarily disable the
>screensaver and stop the computer going into hibernation or sleep modes!
>I want to make it possible to watch a video file without having to keep
>manually deactivating these functions. Can anyone help?
>
>Dennis

I haven't tried this myself but it might be worth a go:-

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/create-shortcut-icon-to-disable-enable-the-screensaver/


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From: Stubbo of Oz on 20 Apr 2010 02:05
On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:01:44 +1000, DD <tobytoby50(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> I am sure there must be an easy way to temporarily disable the
>screensaver and stop the computer going into hibernation or sleep modes!
>I want to make it possible to watch a video file without having to keep
>manually deactivating these functions. Can anyone help?
>
>Dennis

Here is another one:-

http://trainedmonkey.com/projects/tarsier/

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