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SCRNSAVE: Does it really protect the screen?

Hello experts,
I am using the following command in several stations

Process.Start("cmd.exe", "/c scrnsave.scr /s")

like a way to protect the screen and also the privacy of the user.

Is this command really protecting the screen? since it turns the screen black but its still sort of iluminated.
Is it the same as the normal screen protector ?

if that is the case. What is the command to call the screen protector manually instead of putting a black screen?
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Fernando Soto

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David Johnson, CD

screen savers are of particular importance with CRT displays and not important with LCD/LED displays. You could use power options since most modern displays are ACPI/Energy Star compliant to turn off the display instead of using a screen saver.

RGuillermo

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David Johnson, MVP
Can you give me, please, an example in visual basic .NET on how to use the power options programatically? ... for taht purpose ?
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zalazar

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Maclean

I think that David is on the ball mentioning screensaver burn in was from the CRT era,
These days its more for security that users need to enter PW if system times out.

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Thanks to all Experts!