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January 16, 2012 09:12 AM
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Enrico

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I have a touchsmart 610-1120 and I'd like to completly turn off the monitor without powering off the PC. I need to work on it from remote and I'd like just to turn off the monitor as if I'd be in front of a normal monitor and I'd push the power button. Not a power off via screen saver because if I work via remote as soon as I move the mouse it'll resume. An hot key sequence or maybe a button (volume buttons?) would resume it. Any hint?

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January 16, 2012 7:39 PM

Goodness man, you really did not need to post this almost 10 times, once was more than enough, I've left this and removed the others.

While the hotkey to blank the monitor would initially work, I do not believe that you can do what you want with this model line, unless someone else has a suggestion I suspect the final answer may be "not possible here"

January 17, 2012 12:23 AM

I'm very sorry, I posted my note and didn't see it coming up online so I kept on posting it! About the hotkey: looks like different touchsmart have different hotkeys for that function, which would you suggest? I also have another touchsmart, 520, do you think it has the same "problem" of 610 or could it work on it?
Thanks.

January 17, 2012 6:03 AM

This isn't a "problem" since they were never meant to work the way that you want them to work, there is no physical way to cut power to the monitor, it assumes that if you're working on it, you're in front of it.

Besides, if you remote to it via RDP the screen displays locked, other software responds in different ways. This really is a very uncommon request and I suspect it can't be resolved the way you want.

January 17, 2012 7:18 AM

Ok remote is the key, it locks the display but only on RDP (which I didn't use, I use linkup HP and it's perfect). Via Logmein the display works normally and I understand this is an issue of logmein I can try to fix by myself. BUT how could I disable and lock the display excactly the way RDP does it using other programs for remote controlling? That should be perfect for my use. Isn't there any soft or command that locks the screen as in RDP?

January 17, 2012 5:34 PM

RDP is unique, and I'd recommend it, however some of the logmein programs do allow screen blanking, but you would have to dig more in to them since I don't use them at this time.

If you goal is to not wake a sleeping person in the room when you remote in, then there isn't a solution, if the goal is to not let the person in the room see what you're doing that might work with a logmein option, but once again, this is not a common request.

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