Logo-L is Lock PC OR switch users depending on you setup under XP, use
it all the time here to lock my system.
"Lock your computer if you are connected to a network domain, or switch
users if you are not connected to a network domain."
If you have power management enabled, the monitor should be put in the
same sleep mode automatically by the video card via DPMS after a
timeout. You are right though, most all monitors LCD or CRT use soft-off
for the power switch which is equivalent to DPMS' power save command.
What I would like to know is why my laptop sometimes forgets it has a
display when I close & reopen the cover! Very fracking annoying to have
to reboot since the LCD won't re-activate!!! Not even assigning a
profile to a hotkey is reactivating it these days, never mind the Dell
LCD/Monitor Fn key combo does nothing under windows.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What I am about to describe involves a security procedure, also, but
security has nothing to do with this thread. When I am going to be away
from my computer, I hit the Windows key followed by the L key (lower
case l is fine). This is a quick log off. Then I hit the power switch on
my LCD monitor. It is my understanding that computer monitors do not
power down completely when you do this. They do like televisions and go
into some kind of standby mode. The point is there is no image on the
screen in this mode. Because it does not completely power down, I do not
feel it is doing harm by switching it off and on several times per day.
I do the same thing at night, just hit the power switch and let it
standby all night with no image on the screen. I do power down my
computer once every 24 hours (at night when I am sleeping.) During the
day my computer continues to run during these times I am logged out of
Windows. True, there may be times during the day my computer monitor
displays my wallpaper for an hour or two, but this has not burned an
image into it. In fact the background for this email has lots of white
space and I see no images burned in. This monitor is about 5 years old.
Chuck
