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turn off monitor while downloading files (Vista) liu 04-18-2008
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Posted by BillW50 on April 24, 2008, 3:43 pm
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liu typed on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:00:41 -0700 (PDT):
> I find the solution. Since I have an external monitor. I turn off the
> internal display from Display properties and use the external monitor
> as the sole monitor. This way, I just turn off the external monitor
> before going to bed.
>
> Thank you everyone for the information.

Oddly enough that is how I do it as well. ;-)

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Bill


Posted by liu on April 18, 2008, 12:52 pm
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 I just found Power setting (advanced) settings:
Hard Disk > Turn off hard disk after: 20 minutes
Wireless Adapter Settings > Power saving mode: Maximum performance
Sleep > Sleep after: 15 minutes
Sleep > Allow hybrid sleep: off
Sleep > Hibernate after: 1080 minutes
USB settings > USB slective suspend setting: disabled
Lid close action: Hibernate (was sleep before)
Power button action: Sleep
Start menu power button: Sleep
Display > Turn off the display after: 15 minutes
Display > Adaptive display: off
Multimedia settings > When sharing media: allow the computer to enter
Away Mode

Posted by Quaoar on April 20, 2008, 6:30 pm
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liu wrote:
> I just found Power setting (advanced) settings:
> Hard Disk > Turn off hard disk after: 20 minutes
> Wireless Adapter Settings > Power saving mode: Maximum performance
> Sleep > Sleep after: 15 minutes
> Sleep > Allow hybrid sleep: off
> Sleep > Hibernate after: 1080 minutes
> USB settings > USB slective suspend setting: disabled
> Lid close action: Hibernate (was sleep before)
> Power button action: Sleep
> Start menu power button: Sleep
> Display > Turn off the display after: 15 minutes
> Display > Adaptive display: off
> Multimedia settings > When sharing media: allow the computer to enter
> Away Mode

You want to turn off the dispay but not allow either Sleep or Hibernate,
setting both to Never. Frankly, I would not close the lid, but simply
leave the lid open, since the lid when closed covers some of the air
inlet/outlet areas and some notebooks will get very hot.

Q

Posted by BillW50 on May 2, 2008, 12:59 pm
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liu typed on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:50:30 -0700 (PDT):
> How can I turn off the monitor and still allows internet connection
> and HD activity so that I can download in the night?
>
> I have Vista Home and blow are my power settings:
> Choose what closing the lid does: hibernate (was sleep before)
> Turn off the display: 15 minutes
> Put the computer to sleep: 15 minutes
>
> If I download files (BT, newsgroups), it never turns off the display
> the next morning. If I close the lid, it stops the downloading.
>
> What is the setting to use if I want to have my display off while
> maintaining internet connect and HD activity?
>
> Thanks for the help,

Well I am currently traveling and I don't have my external monitor with
me to switch too and then manually shut it down. So I searched for
freeware utilities to turn off the monitor. I can't use the Windows
Power Management because it doesn't always work on this Gateway MX6124
laptop. Meaning you set it to turn off the monitor say in a minute and
it might do so and it might not. Here are two that I have found that you
might like. Display 1.0 runs from a command line (you can create a
shortcut and a hotkey for it). And BattStat does this in the system tray
and more.

Display 1.0
http://display.noel-danjou.qarchive.org/_download2.html

BattStat - Battery Status monitor and power management freeware for
Windows Vista/XP/2000
http://users.rcn.com/tmtalpey/BattStat/download-098.htm

Oh crap! I think I just discovered why Windows Power Management doesn't
always work and these two as well. As I use Windows Media Player a lot.
And whenever it is running, turning the monitor off, it will turn back
on again when the WMP is running. I found under Tools -> Options ->
Player (tab) and after checking "Allow screen saver during playback",
now it stays off. That might have been my problem all along. Geez!

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Bill


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