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Is there a way to force the monitor in Windows Vista to dim just like the iMacs?
07-07-2007 09:27 AM
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She asked for it to work in Windows Vista..

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The Power Dimmer is a free download for Windows (XP and 2000) only.

So, it might not even run properly on vista. ;)

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The Power Dimmer is a free download for Windows (XP and 2000) only.

So, it might not even run properly on vista. ;)


People in the comments section are using it on Vista.

I'm surprised there isn't an energy saver feature to send relative lamp power data to a monitor. For example, in laptops there is usually a set of hardware registers for this, but setting up a desktop to work the same would be a pain.
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Thanks all !

I don't mean a screen saver, I mean a system configuration just like laptops ! :)
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Thanks all !

I don't mean a screen saver, I mean a system configuration just like laptops !
I don't think there is one that could work as laptops use hardware to do that... your monitor should have that option
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dimming monitors as in decreasing their brightness? Can't you do that manually? :-/
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RE: RE: Monitor dimming in Windows Vista?
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She asked for it to work in Windows Vista..

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The Power Dimmer is a free download for Windows (XP and 2000) only.

So, it might not even run properly on vista. ;)

I did try it myself on Vista.

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dimming monitors as in decreasing their brightness? Can't you do that manually? :-/

Yes you can. Thats why I assumed she meant something else..
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I thought she was talking about STOPPING it dimming (when I boot vista the colours look great and bright, then it dims :()
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dimming monitors as in decreasing their brightness? Can't you do that manually? :-/

Yes you can. Thats why I assumed she meant something else..

I think she wants it to happen automatically, to sort of half a half-off screen instead of a regular screen saver. I know you can do this on most laptops [it's absolutely trivial to do so on most laptops under Linux], bur for desktop LCDs you're out of luck.
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