Comments on: PowerSaving – Force monitor to standby power saving mode

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:52:35 +0000

dechor, nothing special to be setup, just remember:
- in “Run” field of Task tab to add the parameter, eg:
C:\Downloads\PowerSaving.exe –monitor=off

- in “Run as” field you have to enter valid user and password, user without password can not launch a task

then try to “Run” the task from popup menu, then see the message on Status column

By: William

William — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:15:53 +0000

just uploaded PowerSaving2, work properly on Windows XP, Vista, and 7
http://deewriting.com/2009/10/powersaving2-programmatically-send-computer-screen-to-standby-mode/

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:25:24 +0000

Thanks so much for the app. It’s a great idea, and I don’t want to sound as if this is a complaint. When I enter the command with the following argment:

PowerSaving.exe -monitor=off

I get “m is not a valid parameter”

I wonder if it’s the fact I’m using XP instead of Vista?

The button on the graphic interface works just fine.

Thanks!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:05:36 +0000

Thanks so much for the app. It’s a great idea, and I don’t want to sound as if this is a complaint. When I enter the command with the following argment:

PowerSaving.exe -monitor=off

I get “m is not a valid parameter”

I wonder if it’s the fact I’m using XP instead of Vista?

The button on the graphic interface works just fine.

Thanks!

By: dewa.i

dewa.i — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:41:49 +0000

just uploaded PowerSaving2, work properly on Windows XP, Vista, and 7
http://deewriting.com/2009/10/powersaving2-programmatically-send-computer-screen-to-standby-mode/

By: dewa.i

dewa.i — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:51:25 +0000

seems all double-dash will be replaced into a single-dash by WP, just aware of it though…

so, arguments/parameters are prefixed by a double-dash, see the screenshot on “Command line usage”

By: dewa.i

dewa.i — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:44:45 +0000

It should be a double dash:
PowerSaving.exe –monitor=off

I used a copy-paste in my previous comment, but somehow it became a single dash…
if it’s a single dash, then the software takes the ‘m’ as a parameter which is not.

It works stable in XP, but not work in Vista/7 although some reported it works in Vista

By: The Videographer

The Videographer — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:06:15 +0000

Thanks so much for the app. It’s a great idea, and I don’t want to sound as if this is a complaint. When I enter the command with the following argment:

PowerSaving.exe -monitor=off

I get “m is not a valid parameter”

I wonder if it’s the fact I’m using XP instead of Vista?

The button on the graphic interface works just fine.

Thanks!

By: dewa.i

dewa.i — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:03:51 +0000

dechor, nothing special to be setup, just remember:
- in “Run” field of Task tab to add the parameter, eg:
C:\Downloads\PowerSaving.exe –monitor=off

- in “Run as” field you have to enter valid user and password, user without password can not launch a task

then try to “Run” the task from popup menu, then see the message on Status column

By: dechor

dechor — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:50:51 +0000

Can’t get it to work in XP Scheduler.
Can someone give me exact steps with switch?