when you go to the command prompt thing what can you type in to shut off your monitor?
2006-12-09 12:42:27 · 5 answers · asked by Secret Agent Man 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Use this program: http://www.exefind.com/display-P5891.html Yes, it's Freeware.
2006-12-09 14:53:04 · answer #1 · answered by Norak D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can put your monitor in a sleep mode. This is not done from the command prompt. Go to START--> SETTINGS --> Control Panel --> Power Options. Follow the instructions from there.
Good Luck!
2006-12-09 20:53:50 · answer #2 · answered by jbari48 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
While the following article was written for Windows 2000, the commands and switches can be used for XP. You can also set the command to restart your computer after a scheduled task. In my case I run Spybot, Defender, AVG antispyware, and AVG antivirus, then have Windows scheduler restart my computer. This also allows cCleaner to clean my temp file and cookies.
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Description of the Shutdown.exe Tool
Shutdown.exe uses the following syntax:
shutdown \\computername /l /a /r /t:xx "msg" /y /c
You can use the following switches with Shutdown.exe:
• \\computername: Use this switch to specify the remote computer to shut down. If you omit this parameter, the local computer name is used.
• /l (Note that this is a lowercase "L" character): Use this switch to shut down the local computer
• /a: Use this switch to quit a shutdown operation. You can do this only during the time-out period. If you use this switch, all other parameters are ignored.
• /r: Use this switch to restart the computer instead of fully shutting it down.
• /t:xx: Use this switch to specify the time (in seconds) after which the computer is shut down. The default is 20 seconds.
• "msg": Use this switch to specify a message during the shutdown process. The maximum number of characters that the message can contain is 127.
• /y: Use this switch to force a "yes" answer to all queries from the computer.
• /c: Use this switch quit all running programs. If you use this switch, Windows forces all programs that are running to quit. The option to save any data that may have changed is ignored. This can result in data loss in any programs for which data is not previously saved.
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2006-12-09 21:10:32 · answer #3 · answered by acklan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. You can't control hardware from the command prompt.
2006-12-09 21:08:18 · answer #4 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Exit.
2006-12-09 20:45:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋