I used a Sony laptop that had a dead, black screen for over a year. Since
most of the time I use an USB keyboard and powered external speakers I just
kept the lid closed. It worked great and my daughters stopped asking to
borrow my computer! Now that I have a working laptop, I often close the
lid and use my external speakers and USB keyboard. The screen turns off
when closed. I can not remember if this was something I had to change a
setting in the Power Management Control Panel to make it work this way.
However, I may need to buy a few Netbooks to stop my daughters requests.
Don Marang
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From: "Ch.B." <chr1...@gmx.de>
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 6:06 PM
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] display
Lol It just dawned on me. Are you talking about desktop or laptop
computers?
In laptops most will only have the opportunity to turn the screen way low,
but not entirely off. The programs that you can install to turn them off
will only stay off until you press a key again, then the screen comes back
on.
On mine I just have the screen light turned to the lowest possible, saves
some energy probably in the process as well.
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