On Sat, 14 May 2011 02:20:55 -0500, harrismh777 wrote: > harrismh777 wrote: >> >> def turnOnMonitor(): >> SC_MONITORPOWER = 0xF170 >> win32gui.SendMessage(win32con.HWND_BROADCAST, >> win32con.WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, -1) > > > I've never tried turning my monitor on/off without using my finger...
You've never had your PC turn your monitor off after X minutes of inactivity? > gonna have to play with this... wouldn't that be a great script kiddie > tool... just turn off all the windows monitors around the world... no > problem(s) after that... > > ... what happens if you try to turn it back on with your finger... ? Then you actually turn it off, at the power switch, instead of merely off in software. > ... I have another idea... while its off, try pushing the alt key on > your keyboard... or moving your mouse... (come back on ? ) Presumably you would need to program something to watch for activity and turn it back on. It would be somewhat embarrassing if you neglected to so this... -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
