One of the best ways to save the energy consumed by the computer is to turn off the monitor when you are not at the PC. Computer monitors consume a significant amount of energy that could be dramatically reduced by simply turning the screen off and on when not needed, or decreasing the brightness while using the computer. Unfortunately, Windows doesn't offer a button to turn off or dim the screen quickly. On stationary computers the controls on the front of the monitor allow you to adjust the brightness and, of course, you can turn off the monitor at any time with the main button. In most laptops, however, there is no button to turn off the monitor even if, generally, there are keyboard shortcuts to increase or decrease the brightness. In this post we see faster solutions to turn off the PC monitor .
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Turning off the monitor of a fixed PC is obviously the fastest way, however, it has the drawback that, when you return to the computer, it does not respond to the movement of the mouse so you have to turn it back on manually. In laptops, to turn off the screen, you have to close the lid which is not always convenient.
Another alternative would be to configure Windows energy management, making the fencing automatically turn off after X minutes of inactivity. However, setting a period of time that is too short has the drawback of turning off the monitor, for example, while reading a document or article.
As also explained in another article, it is possible to turn off the fast screen with the PC power button, both on laptops and on a fixed PC. To do this in Windows 10 you only need to activate a somewhat hidden option that is found by opening the Control Panel. From here, go to Hardware and Sound> Power Options and left click on the Specify Power Button Behavior button . At this point, in the menu " When the power button is pressed ", choose Screen deactivation . From now on, pressing the shutdown button on the computer will only turn off the screen.
In some Windows 10 laptops it is also possible to decrease the brightness by using the quick buttons found by clicking on the notifications icon near the clock. In all computers you will find, among the quick buttons, the one to activate the night brightness .
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1) iBrightness is a small portable program, which allows you to turn off the screen with a click (useful on laptops) and also to lower the brightness manually (useful on desktop PCs). It is positioned on the taskbar near the clock and allows you to change the brightness of the screen with the mouse, or to turn off the monitor. You can quickly change the brightness at any time and adjust the most comfortable level for the eyes. Small program, it consumes very few resources and also allows you to activate the ScreenSaver manually. iBrightness does not work on all computers because it is incompatible with some monitors.
Alternatively, a program can be used to change the brightness of the screen .
2) A general solution to turn off the screen automatically that applies to all Windows PCs, both fixed and portable, both Windows 10 and Windows 7 is the manual activation, with a click, of the black screen screensaver . You can then, from the screen settings, configure the black screen as a screensaver and then create the launch icon.
The instructions to create a quick link on the desktop to launch the screensaver is the point 3 of the article Create desktop shortcuts to execute quick commands on Windows; the black screen screensaver is the scrnsave.scr file.
3) Another very light and easy utility to turn off the computer screen is Sleeper . This program does not require installation, does not take up memory and can be activated with a hotkey or by double clicking on its icon to see how the monitor turns off.
4) Screen Off is the fastest program to turn off the computer screen by clicking on the program icon which can be placed on the desktop for quick access. By moving the mouse, the screen turns on again.
5) Another program to activate actions at the corners of the screen for Windows allows you to turn off the monitor simply by moving the mouse in the lower right corner of the screen.
As for brightness, I want to remind you of one of the best programs for Windows reported on Navigaweb, that F.Lux to adjust the screen brightness automatically during the day.
Finally, I remember several other articles on computer energy saving including:
- The guide to energy saving options in Windows 7;
- How to manage energy on Windows;
- How to calculate the cost of electricity consumed by the PC .
