Personally, I'd never turn off the monitor on a laptop, if there's a problem and it won't turn back on and you need sighted assistance, or if you can't remember how to turn it on, you're in big trouble and that would be my luck so I just let mine go usually at a very low brightness. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki Wherry" <amethyst17@xxxxxxx> To: "JFW List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 12:16 AM Subject: laptop monitors >I know this was discussed before, but I've misplaced the e-mail. I was > wondering what the key command is to turn off the monitor on the Dell > laptop, and whether or not it comes back on at reboot or there is a > command > to turn it back on. > > Thanks. > > Vicki > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather > contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx