Good auto monitor shut-off program?

armysgt1

armysgt1

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I need a program that will automatically shut off my monitor after so many minutes. I fall asleep watching movies on my pc, and windows will not turn off the monitor if media player is still open. I tried the program Turn Off Monitor but the monitor just turns back on after so many minutes. i don't know if this could be just the trial version or what but that's the only program I've been able to find. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
ive noticed something similar with mine like that. Not really with the media center though. im using Win7Pro. ive woken up in the middle of the night and seen the monitor went back on. but went back to sleep. only a few times.
are you using hibernation? if not try that.
 
You could make a batch file that will wait a certain amount of time, then begin a shut down. That way your computer shuts down too.

This may work for windows XP (probably would work with vista and 7), type the following in notepad, save it, then rename to a .bat file (or save it as a .bat file, .cmd works too):

@echo off
SLEEP (number of seconds to wait, without parentheses)
SHUTDOWN /s

simply run the batch file, it will open a command window, just leave it minimized.
 
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i don't want my pc shutting down, I have a program that I need to keep running, just my monitor to turn off.
 
I know! How about closing the media player after a certain amount of time. Then your screensaver/monitor turn off can kick in.

Same batch file idea, but use the KILL command instaid of shutdown. You'll need to find the process name of media player or something the like. Have a look here.

EDIT: Maybe the PsKill command would be better.

it would be something like: PSKILL t wmplayer.exe
or PSKILL -t wmplayer.exe whichever works
 
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Nothing that I know of will physically power down a monitor, software wise. You kill all active processes, and then have it go to sleep...that can be done with a simple batch file.
 
This seems to work:

TASKKILL /IM (proccess name, without parathese)

example: TASKKILL /IM wmplayer.exe

or

This one will force the program to shutdown:
TASKKILL /F /IM (proccess name, without parathese)
 
sniperchang said:
This may work for windows XP (probably would work with vista and 7), type the following in notepad, save it, then rename to a .bat file (or save it as a .bat file, .cmd works too)
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ya..... :rolleyes:

Type the command in notepad, and save the file as a .bat file......

Try this:

@echo off
SLEEP (seconds to shutdown, without parentheses)
TASKKILL /IM (proccess name, without parentheses)


Here's an example:

@echo off
SLEEP 3600
TASKKILL /IM wmplayer.exe

With those commands it will wait 1 hour, then close windows media player. Again, just type that in notepad, and save it as a .bat file or .cmd file. Then just double click on the file when you want to say close windows media player after 1 hour for example.

EDIT: You can also go to run->cmd to open the command window if you want to type in individual commands.
 
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