Disable Infra-Red

[Keith]

Is it possible to disable infrared on my laptop without having to disable in
device manager?

I need to enable/disable on and off as I use it for some things but don't
want it on all the time as it's constant searching interferes with an IR
device I have nearby.

I am currently turning on and off in device manager but there must be a
better way.

In Win 98 the IR control panel had an enable button - XP doesn't seem to
have this.

Failing that, is there a way to programatically enable/disbale it?

Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Open the BIOS and you should be able to disable it there.

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Is it possible to disable infrared on my laptop without having to disable in
| device manager?
|
| I need to enable/disable on and off as I use it for some things but don't
| want it on all the time as it's constant searching interferes with an IR
| device I have nearby.
|
| I am currently turning on and off in device manager but there must be a
| better way.
|
| In Win 98 the IR control panel had an enable button - XP doesn't seem to
| have this.
|
| Failing that, is there a way to programatically enable/disbale it?
|
| Thanks

 

[Malke]

Open the BIOS and you should be able to disable it there.

He wants to easily be able to toggle it on and off. Keith, check on the
laptop mftr.'s website for information regarding this. Or read the
manual. Many newer laptops come with a physical key or button to press.
Or your laptop mftr. may have an infrared control program.

Malke

 

[DILIP]

WinXP's drivers for IR don't have this feature here either. The other way
to disable it is by disabling the Infrared Monitor service in services.msc
but this way is as convoluted as the device manager way. Probably you
should turn off the nearby device if possible - Or relocate it.

 

[Rafiki]

my toshiba laptop has a program called configfree. it lets me control all my
networking devices, my wireless, my infrared, my LAN. i can disable my
infrared by right-clicking. maybe check your laptop for a program like
that.

 

[Keith]

Thanks everyone

Guess I'll be using device manager to toggle it.

Anyone any idea of a VB script etc. that will toggle it on and off in device
manager so all I have to do is run a single file to do it.

Thanks

 

[Malke]

Thanks everyone

Guess I'll be using device manager to toggle it.

Anyone any idea of a VB script etc. that will toggle it on and off in
device manager so all I have to do is run a single file to do it.

Thanks

No, but you might want to post the question in one of the scripting
newsgroups. Here's a link to a listing of all the MS newsgroups:

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

And you might want to do some exploring at TechNet's Script Center:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

Malke

 

[RobertVA]

If nothing else you could obsruct the notebook's IR port with something
like a piece of paper.

 

[Euan Kerr]

Is it possible to disable infrared on my laptop without having
to disable in device manager?
....

Failing that, is there a way to programatically enable/disbale
it?

Yes. Create a couple of batch files e.g.

StopIR.bat which contains the command: net stop irmon
StartIR.bat which contains the command: net start irmon

These will stop and start the infrared monitoring service.