Turn off monitor manually

[Guest]

Is there a way to turn the monitor off manually in Vista? If not, is there a
simple program that can do it?

 

[Richard Urban]

I do not know of any way that Vista is capable of pushing an on/off button
(manually).

Are you certain that you don't mean programmatically (electronically), like
a television?

The monitor would have to be designed to operate in such a fashion. Every
monitor I have seen is controlled physically by a button/switch. Just
because I have never seen one that doesn't use a switch does not mean that
they don't exist.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Jane C]

I use the index finger on my right hand ;-)

Under Power Options, you can specify a time limit after which the monitor
will turn off.
Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Power Options select your power plan and
then Change plan settings.

 

[Steve Drake]

Can you code?

// OFF
SendMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, (LPARAM) 2);

// ON
SendMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, (LPARAM) -1);

 

[Guest]

No, unfortunately, I cannot code.

And also, I apologize for not being more clear. I have a Thinkpad laptop.
When I upgraded to Vista, I lost some of the "hotkey" functions. (pressing Fn
button and one F key) The three that I used most often were lost.

1) Toggle wireless card on and off. (can this be done any other way than
going to computer>manage>devices>right click wireless>disable?)

2) Open a special display property window particularly when using other
monitors and such. (this really made working on display properties much more
efficient)

3) Turning the monitor on and off.

Thanks.

 

[BSchnur]

I use the index finger on my right hand ;-)TMI <g,d,r>

 

[Malke]

No, unfortunately, I cannot code.

And also, I apologize for not being more clear. I have a Thinkpad laptop.
When I upgraded to Vista, I lost some of the "hotkey" functions. (pressing Fn
button and one F key) The three that I used most often were lost.

1) Toggle wireless card on and off. (can this be done any other way than
going to computer>manage>devices>right click wireless>disable?)

2) Open a special display property window particularly when using other
monitors and such. (this really made working on display properties much more
efficient)

3) Turning the monitor on and off.

All of those functions were provided by Thinkpad-specific software. Go
to Lenovo's site for your specific model TP and see if there are Vista
drivers and software. If there are, download and install. If not,
contact Lenovo to see if your model TP will be supported under Vista. If
they say no, then you are SOL.


Malke

 

[Zim Babwe]

I have a problem on my 32bit Vista with the Monitor.

My finger is 64bit so I have to have my Mom, which happens to have a 32bit
finger, push the ON/OFF button.

Monitor turns off. Monitor turns on.

I think her finger will work with XP also

 

[Joey DoWop Dee]

I have a problem on my 32bit Vista with the Monitor.

My finger is 64bit so I have to have my Mom, which happens to have a 32bit
finger, push the ON/OFF button.

Monitor turns off. Monitor turns on.

I think her finger will work with XP also

Thanks for the comic relief. I've been lurking here for weeks wondering about
upgrading to Vista (verdict: No way in hell at this point. Later.)
At least I got a laugh.