How do I keep second monitor (HDTV) from auto-disabling in XP when it is turned off?

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I have a new 32" TV that I hooked up to the HDMI port on the back of my video card to use as a second monitor. I used an HDMI/DVI cable to hook it to the TV, and whenever I turn my TV off, XP disables the device tied to the TV so each time I want to use the TV as the monitor, I have to go into my display properties and enable it; it gets pretty annoying.

How do I turn this 'feature' off? -- I have an NVidia card should it be specific to the nvidia control panel.

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