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HIBERNATE, SLEEP, BLACKOUT, etc

I recently purchased a new pc: HP Pavlion All-in-One MS225 with Windows 7 Professional Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600, 64 bit with 4 Gb RAM. When I don't touch it for about one minute, the screen blacks out. When I hit any key, or move the mouse, the screen returns to wherever it was when it "blacked out". Is it "sleep"? "hibernate", or what? How do I keep the screen "awake"?

Again, as always, thank you for your help.

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Aug 18, 2010 6:38AM PDT

Start>control panel>power options>change plan settings

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Aug 18, 2010 8:42AM PDT

RIGHT click on a blank area of the desktop, choose "Personalize". Once there, click on the "ScreenSaver" icon in the lower right. Once there', UNCHECK the box that says: "On resume, display logon screen" and choose "None" as your screen saver.. Or maybe you want a screen saver but need to increase the time from the default "1" minute. Once you're done, click on "Apply", then OK.

Hope this helps.

Grif