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RE: Monitor dimming in Windows Vista?
http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/index.html#DimScreen

But as Voldemort said, to do it properly you better use the build-in feature of your laptop for this, and/or do it manually on your monitor. A s those will be true dimming, the software solutions like the program above are just 'simulations'.



related: see the MSDN library for WM_SYSCOMMAND with SC_MONITORPOWER.

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RE: Monitor dimming in Windows Vista?
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http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/index.html#DimScreen
it doesn't dim its own menu and the mouse pointer:P

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RE: Monitor dimming in Windows Vista?
It just overlays everything with black with a slight bit of transparency
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RE: Monitor dimming in Windows Vista?
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Originally posted by Napbree
It just overlays everything with black with a slight bit of transparency
Of course, as that is the only way to do it using simple software. Its the best you can get using a normal program...

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But as Voldemort said, to do it properly you better use the build-in feature of your laptop for this, and/or do it manually on your monitor. As those will be true dimming, the software solutions like the program above are just 'simulations'.

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