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October 26, 2006 10:21 PM   Subscribe

Is there a way I can turn my monitors off with a keyboard shortcut?

So I got myself a nice new display, I love it, it's great, and it plays nice with my old one in a dual screen setup. My problem is that the display is so big that I find myself watching a movie before going to bed, and sometimes I get tired and just want to turn the screen off from my wireless keyboard.

Are there any programs out there that can allow me to map my logitech wireless keyboard so that I can turn of my monitors by pressing a key combo?

Thanks!

Imran
posted by CXImran to Computers & Internet (5 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
I use a combination of Wizmo and WinKey to do this. Winkey can run arbitrary commands from a windows-key shortcut, and Wizmo has a command-line switch that will shut off your display.
posted by yarmond at 10:37 PM on October 26, 2006


Theres no way you are going to be able to turn OFF your monitor unless you kill the power. I dont believe there are any monitors that you can interface with your computer to power off.

The previous two solutions don't turn off your monitor, they kill the video feed and your monitor sleeps/powersaves by itself. (Does that solve your issue?)
posted by mphuie at 1:21 AM on October 27, 2006


Theres no way you are going to be able to turn OFF your monitor unless you kill the power.
A "Smart Power Strip" will actually drop the power out from under the monitors if you suspend your PC.
posted by krisjohn at 2:48 AM on October 27, 2006


Response by poster: Right, I was looking to put the monitor into powersave mode.

Sorry for any confusion...
posted by CXImran at 6:17 AM on October 27, 2006


Nircmd, from Nir Software is a freeware utility that can do lots of things from the command line, including turning the monitor off. You could create a shortcut on your desktop containing the command line

nircmd.exe monitor off

and assign a keyboard shortcut key to it.
posted by llamateur at 11:05 AM on October 27, 2006 [1 favorite]


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