Here's our Windows 95/98 Tip for.. December 22, 1999
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Blame It On The Management
Have you noticed that when you leave your system for a while--say, 15 minutes or longer--your screen goes black? (How could you not notice?) This isn't some new low-budget screen saver. It's just Power Management doing its job. By default, the feature powers off your monitor after 15 minutes of inactivity. Press any key or move the mouse, and your monitor comes to life again (after what can seem like a long delay).

Of course, if you find this feature a hindrance, you may wish to turn it off altogether or increase the delay time before the monitor powers off. Open the Control Panel (select Start, Settings, Control Panel), and double-click Power Management. To prevent the monitor from powering off altogether, click the down arrow next to Turn Off Monitor and select Never. To increase the delay, select a new time in this same list. Either way, click OK, and the new setting will be applied to the current power scheme.

(Tip: Use the Turn Off Hard Disk list to adjust the delay before which Windows 98 powers off your hard drive.)