Computer monitors consume a significant amount of energy and it could be reduced dramatically by simply turning the screen off whenever it’s not needed , Unfortunately, Windows does not offer a convenient shortcut for this task. The Power Options in Windows have a setting to turn off the monitor after xx amount of minutes when your computer is idle. While this works, setting it to kick in too fast can be annoying because you don’t want the screen to go off when in the middle of reading something. If you have a desktop computer You could for example turn off your monitor manually but have you ever tried to turn off a laptop screen? Most laptops don’t offer this feature. Sordum Monitor off Software is an Utility to Switch Off your Desktop or Laptop Monitor with single Mouse click or by pressing a Keyboard key combination. This utility also has some extra features Like lock the workstation feature, Block keyboard When Screen Turns Off ,Block Mouse When Screen Turns Off , Mute Sound When Screen Turns Off , Automatically start with windows startup etc.
When using devices like Laptop which run on battery, you can significantly increase the battery life by simply Turning Off your Monitor when not required,or when performing any background tasks like a virus scan or listening to Music or downloading a huge file. then using Sordum Monitor Off Software can not only help protect your computer it is the best way to save money on your power bill.
How to Use:
The program is very small and no installation is required (portable Freeware). All you need to do is just run executable file “Sordum Monitor off” whenever you want to turn off your screen. if you want to use extra features please run “_MonitorOff_Config.vbs” this will open Options popup window.
check the box in front of the feature you want to use and click “Save Options” Button finally run the MonitorOff.exe or MonitorOff_x64.exe file.
How To Assign a Hotkey
This works for any executable, including the “Sordum Monitor off” , First, right-click the .exe file and select > Create shortcut.(Or just use the Create a shortcut to the desktop option) and Next, right-click the shortcut file and select > Properties. Place the mouse in the > Shortcut key: field, which should say ‘None’, and click your keyboard shortcut, for example [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[B]. Click > OK to confirm.
Finally, test your shortcut key and enjoy!
Sordum Monitor Off has CMD (command line) support
Note : For example if you used “Block Mouse When Screen Turns Off” feature , your Mouse will not turn your screen on but Each touch of the mouse will cause slight glare on the screen , Locked keyboard will cause similar situation too
Supported operating systems: Windows 11 , Windows 10 , Windows 8.1 , Windows 8 , Windows 7
File: MonitorOff_x64.exe │ Virustotal
MD5: 59eb2c57becb46299b04d2092fcdd9a1
SHA1: 00b347143a26a740fd7e51fe7f108ada90c8739c
File: MonitorOff.exe │ Virustotal
MD5: 461a39b0f25a6394ad0d6069616edd2f
SHA1: 2588768e12b31a09ca4c99c8c7af2f06fd21ab6b
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Hi, In the program’s settings, check the following options, save the settings and try again.
Block keyboard when screen turns off
Block mouse when screen turns off
When you turn off the monitor in this way, you need to use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + Del to turn it back on.
Thanks for the reply, so what could I investigate if the monitor turns on sporadically? Before, when I use this app, my monitor used to turn on for a few seconds and then turn off by itself. I accidentally found addon checker plus for gmail in chrome to do it when mail is come. I solved that in his settings. Now I have no idea what could turn on the monitor since it happens so rarely (I only turn it off at night and on two occasions in 10 days I found it on in the morning). Do you have any idea what I should pay attention to in order to find the cause of the monitor turn on
The program sends a command to the system to turn off the monitor and follows it in the background.
It does not put the system to sleep or turn it off.
Hi there,
On what principle does this application work? Putting your PC to hibernate or sleep? Or just sut signal from graphic care? It happens to me that every few days the monitor turns on by itself at night. I’m not sure what I should investigate as to the cause.
Thanks in advance
@Benito Pol
Your internet may be disconnecting due to Windows power options settings. Open the Run screen (Win+R keyboard shortcut) and enter the following command.
control.exe powercfg.cpl,,3
Check the settings related to internet connection.
Also check your network adapter power settings in device manager.
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Im am using win 10. Spotify app just stops playing, no error message. No the takes 30sek. to stop. It’s linke the laptop goes in Hybernate…
Programm settings are on default, no option selected.
Hi , Tried the Spotify app on win10 and win11, no problems.
Does the Spotify app give any errors on your system when the monitor is turned off?
Does the sound stop immediately when the screen turns off?
You may have the Mute sound when screen turns off option selected in the program settings.
Hi there,
I wanted to use this nice little app in my HP Elitebook and it works, its just that the Spotify app stops playing. My intention was to play music while to monitor is off. Tried different things, it seams to be a big deal realizing this simple task. Any advise please???
Jak przetłumaczyć program na inny język
Yes the shortcut works. If set to start with Windows, the program creates a shortcut to the startup folder (shell:startup).
hi there,
thanks for the app. What is the difference if it starts with windows or not? If it doesn’t start the shortcut will still work or?
Excellent ! Work on Hp Elite All-in-One.
If we add the program to the Taskbar, it will work in the background but this may use system resource unnecessarily , You can use it by adding a shortcut to the toolbar, start menu, or anywhere.
Hello, wouldn’t it be possibe to add the option to add an icon to the toolbar?
Дякую.
Unfortunately, the program doesn’t have the ability to turn off certain monitors.