Monitor turns back on after a couple minutes

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Win+L with just Auto display off enabled

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Monitor to shut off and stay off. Instead, monitor comes back on after a couple 
minutes

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Win7 64bit using 1.0(b) AND Lite (happens in both)

It happens after a couple minutes, but I don't think it's the monitor's normal 
auto-sleep functionality bringing them back because that's set for 10 minutes. 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 17 Aug 2010 at 9:24

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This can happen with many factors and process.I am working on the alternate way 
to check the monitor status on given interval.

Original comment by cumakt on 17 Aug 2010 at 10:46

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I have no idea what's causing it. It happens regardless of whether or not I'm 
running a media application. It's not the system's auto monitor sleep mode, 
because it happens before the 10 minutes I have that set to. Other software 
I've got running: Xchat, Ventrilo, ultramon, evga precision, speedfan, chrome, 
logitech setpoint.. I don't believe any of those should interfere with it.

Original comment by [email protected] on 21 Aug 2010 at 6:52

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So, apparently it may be my monitor (Dell 2408WFP) or video card (GTX 460) - 
but whatever it is, it persists through a fresh install. I've tried everything, 
I cannot figure out what it is even to save my own life.

It's pretty irritating, I've been using Wizmo to "Blindlock" the monitor, which 
basically polls the standby status constantly and puts it back into standby if 
interrupted (also somewhat annoying because you have to enter your login 
password blind). Unfortunately, even that doesn't work all the time. Certain 
programs seem to interfere with it (for instance, Chrome if it has been open 
for a while). Sometimes it won't exit properly when logging back in and you'll 
be left with wizmo.exe running in the background. Another con is that it takes 
a pretty decent chunk of CPU (by memory I'd guess about 15% on my i5 750 -- 
again, this is Wizmo, not your program). 

All in all, it's not an issue of your program, but it would be FANTASTIC if you 
could add a polling/re-sleep function!

Original comment by [email protected] on 24 Feb 2011 at 9:09

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Thanks for the detailed analysis. Really appreciate your feedback. I've already 
added timer to check the monitor status on given interval. It will be available 
in the next version.

Original comment by cumakt on 25 Feb 2011 at 1:34