Would you consider it a must-have?
Putting our computers on standby is a wonderful habit to develop.
Shutting off the monitor is a first step towards lesserpower consumption.
The benefit is not related to eco-consciousness alone but also to our wallets.
Energy savings means lower bills.
Lesser monitor usage means better battery life of laptops.
That again lowers the running cost of a computer.
Rather aptly, it’s called Monitor Off.
Monitor Off just asks you for a few options and makes you and your monitor an energy saver.
Monitor Off gives the user more hands on control over the power options of a monitor.
Monitor Off can be downloaded and installed or can be run as a standalone program (i.e.
without an installation).
Either way, it runs minimized in the background.
Also, activate the screensaver with another set of hot keys.
Another option is to set the tray icon to take a double click as a switch off command.
The default is 10 seconds.
During this delay interval, the operation can be aborted.
Thinking of going to the water cooler?
Set this option and the computer display will power down and lock the display.
The program supports multiple displays.
Monitor Off (v1.0) is supported on Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/Vista and requires NET Framework 2.0 or later.
Do you use a specific energy management app?
Or do you leave the energy saving to Windows default parameters?
But before you comment, do read our posts on how computers can be used tosave the world.
