Turn off the screen by software?

If I leave my desktop PC turned on 24/7 I manually switch off the monitor when not using it. In the laptop, Windows power managment will standy the screen, but since I cannot physically swith off the monitor (without closing it, that's the only switch) i'd like to know if there's any software to do it. Or at least a program that puts the screen in standby mode and only turns it on when pressing some keys.

Thanks.

 

Do a search for MonOff.
It kills any and all monitors connected to pc or lappy.
Move the mouse or touch any key and is awake.

 

unzip
create shortcut
say 'thanks'

 

Would there be any way to add something to this program that locks the computer at the same time when you click on this program?

 

nvm i just figured out how to create a batch file

 

Interesting... what's the command to lock the computer too? I searched and there's a tool called "nircmd" wich is able to perfom a lot of windows tasks.

 

The following code is what I used to create a file called "Lock.bat" in Notepad:

Code:

@echo off
rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation
start C:\MonitorOff\MonitorOff.exe
cls

The first line is just supposed to be there, the second line locks the computer, and the third line needs to be replaced with the location that you have the MonitorOff.exe program, and the fourth line clears the screen.

Hope this helps.

 

You need to write "/wait" before the lock command. Why? Batch files run all commands at once. With wait, lock finish first, and then monitor is tuned off. The way you wrote it the monitor was left on.

/wait rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation

 

I see what you are saying, but it worked for me without the /wait

 

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And now, of course, it doesn't work anymore with or without the /wait. It worked fine the first time I tested the .bat file without the /wait, turning off the screen and locking the computer, but now it turns off the screen, and locks the computer which turns the screen back on. Frustrating.

 

In my case, with "/wait rundll32.exe..." the screen is turned off, but it does not lock the computer. I think that command used to work, maybe its too old (Win 9x) for 2000/XP computers.

 

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