Turn off the display with MonOff 4

[GomJabbar]

I was bugged by the fact that I could not turn off the display backlight on demand in Windows 7 (or Windows Vista for that matter). Googled around a bit and found this little program that will do it. I created a shortcut icon on my desktop and click on that icon to turn the display backlight off. Turning it back on just requires a keypress. After downloading the .zip file, I extracted it and saved it's contents in a subfolder of "Program Files". I right-clicked on Monoff4 and chose: Send to > Desktop (create shortcut).

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-En ... off4.shtml

[schmidtj]

I installed Lenovo's Thinkvantage Power Manager.
Now if I RMB the battery icon on the task bar the top entry is "power off display".
Works fine.

[GomJabbar]

That's good to know, but my Power Manager is only designed for T43's and newer. I have a T42. IIRC, I tried Power Manager in XP but had some problems with it.