How to turn off screen of a laptop but keep PC running
Windows offers a sleep mode where it temporarily shuts down everything on Windows. Although recovery is quick, but if you want to turn off your screen instantly, there is no built-in method. In this article, we will share a list of free software that will instantly turn off the display or screen in Windows.
How to turn off the monitor display of a laptop
Many times I want my computer to play music in the background. Since this is the only thing I want him to do for a while, turning off the screen makes sense. These types of software are also useful when you want to hide the screen when someone is approaching quickly.
- ScreenOff
- Turn off the screen
- Black top
- Turn off the monitor
Some of them offer keyboard shortcuts, while others can be launched directly or from the system tray.
1) ScreenOff
ScreenOff is our popular in-house free software that is not only extremely small but also the fastest of the lot. You can turn off the Windows laptop monitor screen with one click. It is the fastest because it uses Visual Basic SendMessage command to send system commands to turn off the screen. You do not need to download or install a version of the .NET Framework. It is portable and you can keep it wherever you want. The best will be to put it in the taskbar.
2) Turn off the screen
It is a bat file which may take a little while to run. It uses C # commands in a batch file, that is, the SendMessage method of C #. When you launch it, it will execute the command in PowerShell but via the command prompt. You can create a file shortcut and then assign a keyboard shortcut to run it quickly. Download it from Technet.
3) BlackTop
BlackTop comes with a predefined keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + B, which will instantly turn off the screen. The only problem – you will have to install it. The download is from Softpedia.
4) Turn off the monitor
It offers three ways to turn off the monitor. You can use a shortcut, a shortcut icon on the taskbar, or a keyboard shortcut. Since we are talking about instant deactivation, be sure to configure a hotkey once you install it. The program will be available in the Start menu. Click the Disable Monitor Settings icon to configure
- On the Settings screen, click on the text box, which says Keyboard shortcut to turn off the monitor.
- Now use keyboard shortcuts like CTRL or SHIFT or ALT or a combination of all with an alphabet. It will automatically appear in the text box.
- Click Save if this is your first time. If you change it, click the Edit button, then save it.
In the same place, you also have the option of creating a keyboard shortcut to turn off the display and lock the computer. WIN + L does not turn off the screen instantly but uses this option; you can also choose to turn off and lock the laptop immediately.
You can download Turn off Monitor from its official site.
I hope you find this post useful.