How to stop monitor from going black after no activity for a short time while reading a document?

When I'm reading an e-mail or document without moving my mouse, the screen turns black after only about one minute and then switches to my screen saver.  I must move the mouse constantly to keep my active window open.  I can't find out how to turn this "Energy Saving Feature" off so I can read long articles without being interrupted every other minute.  This has been VERY irritating!
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Hi,
Open windows Control Panel, open Pesonalization, click the Screen saver link in the bottom right and in the following window, adjust the time in the 'Wait' box to a time you want before the screen saver appears and click Apply. Or if you prefer never to get the log-on screen, remove the tick next to 'On resume, display logon screen'.  Click Apply to save the change.
Next, open windows Control Panel  again and click Power Options, click the Change plan settings link next to your currently selected power plan and in the following window adjust the time using the dropdown box next to 'Turn Off Display' to a more acceptable setting and then click Save Changes.
Note:  Set the time in the Power Options menu to be slightly longer than the time you set in the Screensaver Menu or you will never see your screensaver start.
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    Path:            /Applications/Cubase 6.app/Contents/MacOS/Cubase 6
    Identifier:      com.steinberg.cubase
    Version:         6.0.7.364 (6.0.7.364)
    Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
    Parent Process:  launchd [144]
    Date/Time:       2013-09-28 10:50:35.845 +0100
    OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
    Report Version:  6
    Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
    Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000012473fd9f
    Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
    Thread 0 Crashed:  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
    0   ???                             0x000000012473fd9f 0 + 4906548639
    1   dyld                             0x00007fff5fc0c839 ImageLoader::link(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, bool, bool, ImageLoader::RPathChain const&) + 201
    2   dyld                             0x00007fff5fc04d48 dyld::link(ImageLoader*, bool, ImageLoader::RPathChain const&) + 118
    3   dyld                             0x00007fff5fc08f68 dlopen + 490
    4   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87a9be40 dlopen + 61
    5   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x00007fff8223eef7 _CFBundleDlfcnLoadBundle + 231
    6   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x00007fff8223de97 _CFBundleLoadExecutableAndReturnError + 1191
    7   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x00007fff822cb30e CFBundleLoadExecutableAndReturnError + 14
    8   com.steinberg.cubase                  0x00000001011e8e55 CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis::~CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis() + 69941
    9   com.steinberg.cubase                  0x00000001011e93f0 CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis::~CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis() + 71376
    10  com.steinberg.cubase                 0x0000000100402690 0x100000000 + 4204176
    11  com.steinberg.cubase                 0x00000001011d8e77 CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis::~CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis() + 4439
    12  com.steinberg.cubase                 0x00000001011e86b7 CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis::~CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis() + 67991
    13  com.steinberg.cubase                 0x00000001011e892e CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis::~CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis() + 68622
    14  com.steinberg.cubase                 0x00000001011e8a64 CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis::~CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis() + 68932
    15  com.steinberg.cubase                 0x00000001007c68ab 0x100000000 + 8153259
    16  com.steinberg.cubase                 0x0000000100d149c0 0x100000000 + 13715904
    17  com.steinberg.cubase                 0x0000000101277b99 CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis::~CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis() + 654969
    18  com.steinberg.cubase                 0x0000000100d16dbd 0x100000000 + 13725117
    19  com.steinberg.cubase                 0x000000010116b048 0x100000000 + 18264136
    20  com.steinberg.cubase                 0x00000001000d39c4 0x100000000 + 866756
    Thread 1:  Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
    0   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87aaec0a kevent + 10
    1   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87ab0add _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 154
    2   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87ab07b4 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 185
    3   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87ab02de _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 252
    4   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87aafc08 _pthread_wqthread + 353
    5   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87aafaa5 start_wqthread + 13
    Thread 2:
    0   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87aafa2a __workq_kernreturn + 10
    1   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87aafe3c _pthread_wqthread + 917
    2   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87aafaa5 start_wqthread + 13
    Thread 3:  FThread
    0   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87a95dce semaphore_timedwait_trap + 10
    1   com.steinberg.cubase                  0x00000001014f8437 CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis::~CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis() + 3278615
    2   com.steinberg.cubase                  0x00000001007c8be0 0x100000000 + 8162272
    3   com.steinberg.cubase                  0x00000001014f8eb0 CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis::~CSOLOISTExtendedAnalysis() + 3281296
    4   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87b7129a _pthread_body + 24
    Thread 4:
    0   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87aafa2a __workq_kernreturn + 10
    1   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87aafe3c _pthread_wqthread + 917
    2   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87aafaa5 start_wqthread + 13
    Thread 5:
    0   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87a95dda semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 10
    1   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87ad4772 _pthread_cond_wait + 1015
    2   com.apple.CoreVideo                   0x00007fff82fbade6 CVDisplayLink::waitUntil(unsigned long long) + 252
    3   com.apple.CoreVideo                   0x00007fff82fba2a2 CVDisplayLink::runIOThread() + 644
    4   com.apple.CoreVideo                   0x00007fff82fb9fe3 startIOThread(void*) + 139
    5   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87acefd6 _pthread_start + 331
    6   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87acee89 thread_start + 13
    Thread 6:
    0   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87aafa2a __workq_kernreturn + 10
    1   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87aafe3c _pthread_wqthread + 917
    2   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x00007fff87aafaa5 start_wqthread + 13
    Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
      rax: 0x00000001211f4000  rbx: 0x00007fff5fc43ae8  rcx: 0x00007fff5fc019df  rdx: 0x00007fff5fbfdd20
      rdi: 0x00000001211f4000  rsi: 0x00000001211f4000  rbp: 0x00007fff5fbfe170  rsp: 0x00007fff5fbfdce8
       r8: 0x0000000000000000   r9: 0x00007fff8abcf420  r10: 0x0000000000000000  r11: 0x00007fff8abcf420
      r12: 0x00000001224521e0  r13: 0x00000001211f4000  r14: 0x000000012473fd9f  r15: 0x00007fff5fbfdcf0
      rip: 0x000000012473fd9f  rfl: 0x0000000000010212  cr2: 0x000000012473fd9f
    Binary Images:
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           0x1211f4000 -        0x121303fff +com.steinberg.omffilter 4.0.0.179 (4.0.0.179) <C05588E9-6173-ECEF-2BF1-92AE05B78913> /Applications/Cubase 6.app/Contents/Components/omffilter.bundle/Contents/MacOS/omffilter
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