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DOME DPMS Screen Saver for Windows NT
Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) provides a
method for shutting off the video signal to a monitor when
it has not been used for a specified amount of time. The
DOME DPMS Screen Saver allows you to reduce the
amount of power your monitor uses and to extend the life
of your monitor's CRT.
How the screen saver works
Like other Windows screen savers, the DOME DPMS
Screen Saver is invoked after the system has received no
user input for a specified number of minutes. The DOME
DPMS Screen Saver, however, does not display anything
on the monitor. It launches another screen saver that you
select to protect the display. Then, after a predetermined
number of minutes, it uses DPMS to shut off the video
power to the display.
There are two delay periods before DPMS is invoked. The
first is the standard screen saver delay from the last user
input until the screen saver launches. The second delay is
from the time the screen saver launches until DPMS shuts
off the video power to the monitor. After the second delay,
DPMS places the monitor in power-off mode.
The DOME DPMS Screen Saver allows you to select the
other screen saver to use before it invokes power-off mode.
It also allows you to specify up to four time periods during
the day, with different settings for when and if power-off
mode is invoked during each period.
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