HI.

My landlord's daughter just left for Italy. She did not turn off her computer (it's a Dell Desktop) with a Dell Monitor.

The husband just rang my bell asking me to shut off the computer. They have Windows 7 by the way.

so I went into their house and the wife said "I think I shut it off, I called my other daughter and she said to press the power switch and the light went out"

I then said "okay, you did indeed shut it off".

Then I shut off the speakers. Then I looked at the monitor and the orange light was on.

Not green, but orange. That's some power saving thing right?

I tried pressing it but nothing happened.

The daughter is gone for one month.

Can we leave it this way?

Just want to make sure.

Thanks much

Melody

There should be a on/off button along the front, side or bottom edge.
If nothing else just unplug it from the wall or power bar until the daughter comes back home.
If no one is going to use it til she gets back, might as well turn it all the way off.

I'm not sure if it is a flat screen LCD or the older CRT monitor, but they all usually have an actual on/off button somewhere.

Hi. All the buttoms are on the bottom front of the monitor. It's a new flat screen monitor. The orange (or amber) is constant and not flashing.

Is it safe to just leave it alone or do I have to go and unplug the monitor? I mean, I can do this if I have to but I don't want to confuse them anymore than they are. The people in the house now know NOTHING about computers or technology.

I know better than to push the power button on a computer to turn it off. You go to start, then you select shut off computer.

She didn't do this. She just pressed the power button. I think that is why the monitor is on orange.

I pressed all the buttons. And when I pressed the button right on top of the orange light, the orange light went off for two seconds then came right back on.

?????

thanks much

Melody

It's safe to leave it, but if the plug /outlet is handy I would just unplug it from the wall.
Even on standby it uses a little bit of power.
maybe the monitor on/off button is broken or funky...

Or if everything is plugged into a power bar/surge protector- which is a good idea - then just turn off the power bar or unplug it.

A month is a long time to have that amber light glowing for no reason..

They should know how to unplug something from the wall, right??
*unless it's really hard to get to the outlets because of heavy furniture or clutter* then I'd just leave it as is.

They don't know how to do ANYTHING. And I can't turn off the power bar because they have other stuff plugged into it. Their other grown children will be visiting. When I see them in the backyard, I'll motion to them and explain and they'll do whatever they need to do.

And thanks very much

Melody