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The "Turn off the display" setting may change unexpectedly when you configure the "Put the computer to sleep" setting in Windows Vista

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SYMPTOMS

In Windows Vista, the Turn off the display setting in the Power Options item in Control Panel may change unexpectedly when you configure the Put the computer to sleep setting. For example, the Turn off the display setting is changed to 5 hours when you set the Put the computer to sleep setting to Never.

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CAUSE

This behavior occurs if you configure the Put the computer to sleep setting to use a value that is equal to or shorter than the value that you specified in the Turn off the display setting

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WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, set the Turn off the display setting to the value that you want, and then click Save Changes.

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STATUS

This behavior is by design.

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MORE INFORMATION

In Windows Vista, the Turn off the display setting is automatically set to the next shortest value when you configure the Put the computer to sleep setting.

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