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    Screen Dimmer for Windows - redux

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by roystonlodge, Aug 2, 2009.

  1. roystonlodge

    roystonlodge Newbie

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    Sorry to resurrect an old topic, but I was reading through this thread ( http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=106326), and I had a couple more suggestions and a questions.

    Firstly, I found this tiny little screensaver for dimming the screen, DimSaver, which wasn't mentioned in the original thread: http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/index.html#DimSaver

    But, as was mentioned in the original thread, I don't know if DimSaver will actually conserve power by affecting the hardware, like turning off the backlight.

    So, a second suggestion would be using something like Screen Launcher (Which I found at http://www.bartdart.com) which lets you run any program as a screensaver, and have it launch a program that turns off your laptop's backlight. Unfortunately, I have not yet found a program that toggles the backlight, but maybe someone else will have better luck.
     
    roystonlodge, Aug 2, 2009
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  2. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    nirsoft has at least one app that can do that. look around.
     
    newsposter, Aug 2, 2009
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