>I am currently running Windows Vista, and sometimes, especially when I am watching a movie or listening to music, the screen will go blank and then come right back again. A friend of mine has the same thing happen on his computer (both laptops), and he is running XP.
>
>Does anyone know what causes this??
Some possibilities:
- some power-saving or screen-saving code kicking in. To test for this, you could move your mouse once in a while, see if the problem persists
- in the case of watching a DVD, maybe a pause when the drive is switching layers on a dual-layer movie
Regards. Al
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." -- Isaac Asimov
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right." -- Isaac Asimov
Neither a despot, nor a doormat, be
Every app wants to be a database app when it grows up
