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November 30, 2008 12:00 AM PST

Featured Freeware: WinFlog

by Seth Rosenblatt

This handy pair of executables adds muscle to the monitor's power-off function. WinFlog's small multitabbed interface offers four easily invoked functions. WinFlogTurnOff's executable needs no interface as the application simply and immediately turns off the monitor.

Operating WinFlog is very easy, especially for XP users. The program's primary tab lists two options to add a Turn Off Monitor option to the My Computer Icon right-click menu and to the desktop right-click menu. The functions are just as easily removed from the menus using single-click buttons on the same tab. The program's second tab uses a similar set of buttons to add Turn Off Aero and Turn On Aero options to the My Computer icon's right-click menu. Only Vista users will benefit from this option.

Both freeware executables offer useful monitor control functions for any level user.

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by BrianZachary November 30, 2008 12:29 AM PST
I'm sorry, but this seems like one of those totally useless programs that should not have even been thought of, much less created. Windows already has the option to set when to turn the monitor off. And even if that didn't work for some reason or another, all monitors have buttons to turn it off manually, if it came to that. I can't see anything about this program that would make it worth wasting time downloading and installing to waste space and resources. But that's me.
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by MafiaPenguin November 30, 2008 1:17 AM PST
I'm sorry, but I run a laptop, and my laptop doesn't have that function. Windows already has the option to set when to turn the monitor off, but only while running 2 moniters (or am I wrong?). And even if that didn't work for some reason or another, all monitors have buttons to turn it off manually, unless you're using a laptop. I can see lots of things about this program that would make it worth wasting time downloading and installing to waste space and resources. But that's me.
by Bill Boulton November 30, 2008 4:58 AM PST
This is just what I needed to listen to music on the laptop at night & no more screen glare.
It does the job for me!!
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by Backspace23 November 30, 2008 6:56 AM PST
I also have a laptop where this may be desirable. I use the very flexible NirCmd tool: www. nirsoft. net /utils/nircmd.html and set a shortcut to "nircmd monitor off". The nircmd package is 82kB including the documentation and can do a host of other things. Very useful for scripting.
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