Re: Command or setting to force monitor on?

Thanks for that link! I have to admit though that I am not much of a
scripter. Could I copy the code at that website, paste it into a notepad
file, name it something.vbs, and run it via cscript like I did with Pegasus'
Keystrokes vbs script?

"The Real Truth MVP" wrote:

See if this helps http://scriptorium.serve-it.nl/view.php?sid=44


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"Harko" <Harko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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One person over at the Bleeping Computer forums is speculating that
physical
movement of the mouse or keyboard to wake the monitor might be required by
design:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic163646.html

If that's the case, then there really is a non-solution to a non-problem,
though I'd be geeked if we did find a way to make this work. :o)

"Harko" wrote:

Shoot, I noted the cscript at first but it got lost in my file-editing.
Sorry.

I edited the batch file:

cscript: c:\Windows\Keystrokes.vbs
cmd

But the same symptoms as without cscript, monitor not waking up, when I
wake
the computer from standby.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

The command
c:\Windows\Keystrokes.vbs
won't run properly unless you have taken certain precautions. You
should run it the way I suggested:
cscript c:\Windows\Keystrokes.vbs


"Harko" <Harko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Feels like we're on the right track but not quite there. I created
the
script
file and tested it okay, Task Manager opened and then closed ten
seconds
later.

I set up a batch file containing the commands to first start IE, then
run
the keystrokes script. That didn't work because IE wanted my input
(no
internet connection due to just coming out of standby) before the
batch
file
could move to the keystrokes command.

So I changed the batch file to just this:

c:\Windows\Keystrokes.vbs
cmd

so that the command window wouldn't close right away and I could see
how
far
the batch file got.

Still no luck; the script runs, but the keystrokes issued in the
script
weren't enough to send output to the monitor and the screen stayed
dark
even
though the batch file showed complete when I jiggled the mouse to
turn on
the
screen.

This is kinda fun, trying to track down a solution that doesn't
really
have
a problem. :o)

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

You could issue some keystrokes with a .vbs program. The
code below, when invoked, will do this:
- Pause for 20 seconds
- Invoke the Task Scheduler
- Pause for 10 seconds
- Send the keystrokes Alt+F4 to close the Task Manager

You should copy the lines below into c:\Windows\Keystrokes.vbs,
then insert this command into your wakeup script:
cscript c:\Windows\Keystrokes.vbs

Set WsShell=CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WScript.Sleep(20000)
WsShell.Run("TaskMgr.exe")
WScript.Sleep(10000)
WsShell.sendkeys("%{F4}")


"Harko" <Harko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Pegasus.

I set up a .cmd file to run the ping command you suggested and
then
tested
it by setting it to run a minute after the IE start task.

But the monitor still stayed off past the time I set the ping cmd
file
to
run until I jiggled the mouse; I just caught sight of the the
command
line
window as it finished the ping sequence and closed.

Any other ideas?

Cheers,
Harko

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Harko" <Harko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I have two scheduled tasks: One to have wizmo force the
computer to
standby
at 10 pm, the other to start Internet Explorer at 6:15 am to
wake
the
computer from standby.

Both tasks work fine, but upon wakeup, the monitor doesn't turn
on.
I
have
to move the mouse to wake up the monitor.

This isn't really a problem at all obviously as I have to move
the
mouse
anyway; more of a discussion point/loose end to tie up:

Is there something to run at the command line to force the
monitor
to
turn
on? That way I could put the IE startup and the monitor wakeup
command
in
a
batch file and run that instead at 6:15. If not, is there some
setting
somewhere that will ensure the monitor wakes up when the
computer
does?

Thanks!

I would try launching an application after the wakeup, e.g. this
command.
It will run for some 30 seconds.
ping.exe localhost -n 30











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