Comments on: Turn off laptop display and enhance battery life

By: King

King — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:31:15 +0000

Is there a way that we need to press some key combination to get the display back on? I hook it up with a big external LCD and work on the LCD, but the lappy display is still on. So I want the display keep off even I am typing, moving mouse, etc. Thanks.

By: Manu

Manu — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:03:42 +0000

I made another version of the same which will lock the workstation too.

http://manumohan.com/#moff

By: matt

matt — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:54:04 +0000

I fixed it. I had the shortcut in the quick launch bar, but when i moved it to the desktop, Ctrl+Alt+M started working! yay

By: Rajesh

Rajesh — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:56:53 +0000

Try using another combination.Maybe that key combination is used for something else on your laptop.

By: matt

matt — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:05:52 +0000

Awesome little app. I’m having a problem with the keyboard shortcut though. I set it to Ctrl+Alt+M, but when i press that combination, nothing happens. What do i do??? (i’m using Vista)

By: Computer Rental Company

Computer Rental Company — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:02:21 +0000

Great tip!

Most users fail to take good care of their laptops. It is refreshing to know that many are contributing to new innovations that would extend the battery life and in consequence the laptop as well.It is not only beneficial to the users for money purposes or practicality but it also contributes in making our world greener. Think about it less energy used means less waste produced.

By: jack

jack — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:15:55 +0000

Great program!
Thanks for the tip- wanted this function for a long time as not provided on my Dell Inspiron 1520 (Fn+F8 only switches to external display, and if none attatched, returns to LCD)

Nice!