Or you could go into control pannel, power settings, and set the screen to
turn off after a minute of activity. There are two settings, one for ac
adapter and the other for battery. I set everything the same because JAWS
doesn't tell you which settings column you're in. One word of caution, set
the standby setting to never because once the hard drive stops, so does the
screenreader. You can reduce the time it powers off for inactivity in hard
drive which will hybernate, but don't do standby. HTH.
Cheryl Fogle MA Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology, University of New Mexico
If your laptop only lets you turn off the screen if there is an external
screen attached, there is a way to get around that. I don't know what it is
called, but you can buy this plug thing to attach to the external monitor
port. It's like the size of an adapter or converter and all you have to do
is attach it before you turn the machine on.
Tiff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 5:25 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: wirelessRe: Re: OT spillage
Hey Sarah,that
Yes drats mine autodetects, I was disappointed when I found that out.
Sometimes It will work if its switched to that option when hooked to an
external monitor and then unhooked. However usually I have to hybernate it
to get it where I'm going and then it almost always attempts to detecthopeexternal monitor again when I bring it up.
Jake ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 11:21 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: wirelessRe: Re: OT spillage
> Maybe you know this already, but your laptop probably has an option > that
> can turn off your screen. The point of the feature is to turn off the
> laptop's screen while it is hooked up to an external monitor, but it
> hopefully would work without another monitor attached. One reason to> that they don't try to be too smart and only let you turn it off when > itto
> auto-detects an external monitor. If the monitor is off you should get
> significantly better battery life. You'll have to look in your manual> figure out how to do it, because every laptop is different and mine issobut> old that it is not relevant to modern laptops. > > Sarah Van Oosterwijck > Assistive Technology Instructor > http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kasondra payne" <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:10 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: wirelessRe: Re: OT spillage > > > > Kaitlyn, > > > > XI wish I had known about superlight laptops when I bought this one,> > it's not that heavy. I agree with you. These things need better battery > > life. Well, I am just thankful for what I have. It was the best > > birthday > > present! > > > > Kasondra Payne > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.6 - Release Date: 6/8/2005 > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.7 - Release Date: 6/10/2005 > >
