How about rt click on desktop,Properties, screensaver tab, Power settings at the bottom of that tab, click on Standby........... Never... Apply, back out of there, and put my check in the mail. Problem solved without ----ing around ! -------------------------------------------------- On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:00:24 EST, CRAZYDOVE@xxxxxxx said: > Ok..here's the deal..my Dell monitor/pc has issues..aaargh! There are > times > when I come out of standby that my monitor won't come out of standby > mode. > So I'm forced to do a hard shutdown to reboot, then it's fine. > Are there any keyboard shortcuts that will re-boot my PC? I've tried > CADx2 > but that doesn't work. Any suggestions? > I've downloaded Dell updates for the monitor, graphics card, etc. The > error > message I get is.."there is no signal coming from your computer". > *shrug*. > This is why I NEED some kind of shortcut if there is one, to reboot > without > having to click on things I CAN'T see to reboot..because of my stoooopid > monitor. > TIA.......Jackie -- cuffy10@xxxxxxxxxxx -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin ** YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED ** DONATE to Hurricane Katrina victims: http://www.redcross.org/ DONATE Housing (Spare room, shelter) http://www.hurricanehousing.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Talk Shop http://www.computertalkshop.com Un-subscribe/Vacation, http://www.computertalkshop.com/list_options.htm List HowTo: http://www.computertalkshop.com/faq.htm To join Computer Talk Shop's off topic list, please goto: http://computertalkshop.com/other_cts_lists.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------