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I tend to leave Skype calls on overnight, and for some reason Skype overrides my computer going idle. I have no idea why this is; it prevents Pidgin from idling, as well as some other programs, and prevents my computer from going into power-saving turning off the monitor.

Anyway, is there a way to manually turn the monitor off on a laptop in Windows 7?

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If you're running Windows, try the tool in this answer.

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Ooh, fancy. I was hoping for something I could type on command line or in a batch file, but this has the option to set to a hotkey. Very useful. – Corey May 19 '10 at 4:19
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You have tagged the question 'Windows 7', but just to mention the Linux solution if you are using X - xset dpms force off.

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Try this Portable little tool MonitorES.

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