Screen goes to sleep when opened

Shortly after the install of Lion I started noticing that my screen goes into sleep mode or just shuts off completely after I open my macbook pro. I tried the general method of refreshing the screen of pressing the spacebar but that only worked for a week or two. Now I'm having to press "fn > F1 or F2" in order to get the screen to come back on. Any ideas on what's going on and how to fix it?

Simply install the upgrade, create a new disc with the new hardware drivers. Boot into Windows and install the new drivers from the newly burned CD.
For Boot Camp related troubleshooting post your problem in the Boot Camp forum.
For Windows problems try the Mac forums at the MicroSoft forums or pose the question in the Boot Camp forum.
If your Windows installation is corrupted you can try booting from the Windows installer and running the system repairs.

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As the old joke goes about the guy who went to the doctor and, raising his arm, said, "Doc, it hurts when I do this." And the doctor said, "Well, then, don't do that!"
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