is there a command that can turn off your monitor?

[dcpsoguy]

is there a command that will turn off your monitor through possibly a bat file or something else.. like a hotkey?

 

[FallenHero]

i use the hotkey on my monitor, called the "power button."

 

[dcpsoguy]

Thanks for the jokes.

Any serious responses?

 

[KLin]

1. Start button
2. shutdown

I think the power button procedure is more efficient though.

 

[olds]

MONITOR! I command thee to turn off!

 

[FallenHero]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
MONITOR! I command thee to turn off!

i just put that command line in a bat file I made, and my tv jumped up and ate my fridge...what do I do?

 

[OrganizedChaos]

first result seems to be what you want

http://www.google.com/search?h...r+command+line&spell=1

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: FallenHero
i use the hotkey on my monitor, called the "power button."

LMMFAO.

Maybe posting in the right forum can net you an actual answer, OP?

 

[ColdFusion718]

I use this program called HotCorners. You can use it to trigger the screensaver or turn off the monitor.

 

[Moonbeam]

To use a hot key you need the command to make your finger hit it. A more efficient program is to eliminate the hot key and command your finger to hit the power button on the monitor instead. Next you'll want a command to flush the toilet.

 

[pcslookout]

I use my monitor's remote. I think this is the best feature ever for a monitor!

 

[FoBoT]

windows has a utility:

C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\>powercfg.exe /?

POWERCFG [/LIST | /QUERY [name] | /CREATE name | /DELETE name |
/SETACTIVE name | /CHANGE name settings |
/HIBERNATE {ON|OFF} | /EXPORT name [/FILE filename] |
/IMPORT name [/FILE filename] | /GLOBALPOWERFLAG {ON|OFF} /OPTION flag |
/BATTERYALARM {LOW|CRITICAL} [settings] |
/DEVICEQUERY queryflags | /DEVICEENABLEWAKE devicename |
/DEVICEDISABLEWAKE devicename | /?]

Description:
This command line tool enables an administrator to control
the power settings on a system.

example:
POWERCFG /CHANGE scheme /monitor-timeout-dc 0

 

[TechAZ]

Originally posted by: FallenHero
i use the hotkey on my monitor, called the "power button."

I logged in just to reply to this.

LOL

 

[eelw]

Another option, google Wizmo

 

[her209]

format c:

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

It's too hard to actually push the button on the monitor?

 

[sandorski]

I too would be interested in such a thing. There's obviously a Command to do so, as that's how Windows would have to do it.

Re: Pushing Power Button
The reason not to do so can be numerous:
1) Potential exists in wearing out the button
2) Powering On a Monitor with the Power Button is far more strenuous on a Monitors internals(especially on a CRT)
3) My table/Desk is cluttered in all sorts of crap. I gotta move stuff just to access the button
4) Why? There's a way to do it with a click of the Mouse, just let us use that way and y'all can do it the "hard" way.