Suspend screen

I have a laptop with XP Home

Is there a way of keeping the system running - say, to receive alerts of
incoming e-mails, and yet have the screen blacked-out?

I like to work in front of the computer but find the screen's content
(whatever it may be) distracting.

Thank you

Press the power button on the screen if you wish. Or run the Command
Prompt Full Screen, OR run the Marqee screen saver.

Jorge Bravo wrote:

> I have a laptop with XP Home
>
> Is there a way of keeping the system running - say, to receive alerts of
> incoming e-mails, and yet have the screen blacked-out?
>
> I like to work in front of the computer but find the screen's content
> (whatever it may be) distracting.
>
> Thank you
>
>
>

Sure. Just turn your monitor off.

You could also enable go to your Power Options in the Control Panel and set
a time for the monitor to turn off, or go into the Screen Saver tab in your
Display Properties and set it to the Blank screensaver.

Joe

"Jorge Bravo" <open@closed.com> wrote in message
news:OQMr23AqHHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I have a laptop with XP Home
>
> Is there a way of keeping the system running - say, to receive alerts of
> incoming e-mails, and yet have the screen blacked-out?
>
> I like to work in front of the computer but find the screen's content
> (whatever it may be) distracting.
>
> Thank you
>
>
>