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I explained why I only wanted to turn the screen off. The reasons are pretty obvious, I would think.

Those are all very luring features. However, I am an insurance adjuster, and oft times in clients house I need to thru sleep/wake cycles relatively quickly. I tried to Hibernation route (instead of sleep) and the delay, albiet 7 seconds, is just a bit too long. I enjoy the instantateousness...

Oh, no, not really interested in that. Thanks, but no thanks! Guess I'll just make due with the screen saver solution.

Is it good to remove CS? I dont need my SP3 to update me on anything in the background, so I don't care about that feature. I just don't want to mess anything up with my system, is it safe/beneficial to disable CS? Will I loose 'sleep' mode altogether? I tried doing a search for these...

<says in dramatic, all-hope-is-lost deep voice> THEN.... SO BE IT....

You mean use the Metro(sexual)UI windows? nah, I think not. Im doing my best to completely exclude Metro from my day to day comings and goings. Just dont like it, not my cup o tea, cats meow, etc etc... That .exe appears to have been made for a dell laptop a while ago.

Sorry to necro this thread, but I've downloaded and ran this .EXE, and it does not only turn off the screen, it puts the Sp3 to sleep. I fired up a YouTube video, then double-clicked the .exe file, and the youtube stopped playing, and upon resuming the lock screen is back as well. This is NOT...

I almost envision all the MS Window devs were sitting around a table, and each one of them were thinking of all the different power options regarding laptops. As they went around the table, each nerd was like "Oh, we'll need one for closing the lid!" and another would chime, "Yes, and opening...

LOl definitely.

Thanks, will look it up. Yes, there's probably a thread on every question Ill ever have, but most of the time it's very time consuming (waiting for response: "it only took me 2seconds to do a search!"), as the search query has to match the post, obviously. And anyway, when browsing through the...

Tried the screen saver hack, and although its responsive & easy to execute, it doesn't really turn the screen 'off'. It blanks the display, but it is still on, almost like a color bleed test. Any way to actually turn the screen completely OFF?

Now see, this is what I'm talkin bout. Gonna go try it!

Thanks, but thanks but i download via Usenet, and other sources. And downloading isn't the only reason why I'd like to <quickly> be able to turn the screen off. Ie: case me mum walks in whilst viewing some not-so-heavenly images etc

Hi All, Sometimes, whilst downloading various (copyrighted only) material :) I wish to simply turn ONLY the screen completely OFF (no color-bleed test hack) without putting the PC to sleep/hibernate/etc. I have searched for a solution of this, and although there are some dirty hacks out there...

OMG, FFS mate, why didn't u just say you were British?? That explains everything... ;-) And as far as stooping goes, yes, you're quite right, I have absolutely no issue with plunging to the deepest depths of cess imaginable.

Hugh's posts always seem to be very aggressive/demeaning/condescending towards folks. Having a bad month, Hughie? We're all on the same team here man, cmon, let's all hold hands and sing kombaya, mmkay? Yeah, that'd be great.

Thanks for saving me the effort, Nips. I was about to give him a blasting but you o'so eloquently did it better ;-)

There are some drawbacks, however, particularly one that audiophiles shan't be too pleased with; as there is no way to connect via soundbar/receiver, the audio will be pumped straight out of the TV; making for some poor-quality sound for the poorer souls out there =) Also, playing...

No, it slides into the slot, sans a 'click' sound. My thoughts exactly, tho, regarding internal mechanism that would properly align/set the card, regardless of thickness.

Looks really neat!