laptop trouble please help?

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All that I am familiar with is that you may need to adjust your power
settings. Go to start-->control panel-->power (that's what it is called in
XP at least). See if your computer is set to turn the screen down after xx
minutes even when plugged in.

"Etta Wilmoth" <ettasnead@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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>I just bought a used gateway laptop computer running windows me os, and
>when i first turn it on and windows loads, it does just fine, but after
>ihave been on there for awhile, the screen starts fading out, what can be
>causing this? i dont have a battery in it, i am just using thp power cord
>so it shouldnt be giving out of juice or any such thing right?
> Please help if you can, i have left a message on the mans aswering machine
> that i bought it from, but he has not got back in touch with me yet, and
> since i bought it as is, he may not!
> Thanks in advance!....................................Etta
>