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Re: I turn my monitor "Off/On" via a HotKey ( assigned to a mouse button ).

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On 7/15/17, 10:16 AM, in article Jeff-Relf.Me@Jul.15--10.16am.Seattle.2017,
"<Jeff-Relf.Me  @.>" <> wrote:

> 
> Noramlly, there's no way to turn a monitor "off" ( asleep )
> without some random mouse movement waking it.
> 
> I turn my monitor "off" via a HotKey ( assigned to a mouse button );
> and it doesn't wake UnlessAndUntil I hit it again.
> 
> Source code found at: X.HTM <http://Jeff-Relf.Me/X.HTM> .  Look for
> "KeepMonOff" in "X.CPP".
> 
> While "off", the Desktop has the keyboard and mouse focus.
> The PC remains awake, so I can listen to music.
> 
> Buttons on my g35 headset control the volume,
> Run/Pause and Next/Prev track.
> 
> A log is kept of when the monitor is "off" ( 15 minutes or more ):
> 
>   Screenshot <http://Jeff-Relf.Me/SleepPat.PNG>   Text version ( 380 columns
> wide ! ) <http://Jeff-Relf.Me/SleepPat.HTM> .
> 
> My "waking hours" are more random than most people's;
> so, unLike most people, I _need_ this info,
> so I can predict how many hours might be left in my "day".
> 
Do you have an all-in-one machine? If not the monitor likely has a hardware
power button.

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