Turning Your Computer on/off, Power Management



POWER-SUSPEND

Puts the system to Standby mode.

To accelerate switch to Suspend mode, use POWER-FORCE immediately before POWER-HIBERNATE.


POWER-HIBERNATE

Puts computer to hibernate mode.

To accelerate switch to Hibernate mode, use POWER-FORCE immediately before POWER-HIBERNATE.


MONITOR-ON
MONITOR-OFF
MONITOR-LOW

These key words, respectively, turn on the monitor, turn it off and switch it to reduced power consumption mode, .


SCREENSAVER-ON
SCREENSAVER-OFF

Starts/stops the screen saver.

SCREENSAVER-OFF only works in WinNT/2000/XP. However, you can usually turn off a screen saver by emulating a mouse movement (see "Mouse Activity Emulation).


SCREENSAVER-ON?

Returns TRUE (-1) if screen saver is started.


SHUTDOWN
FORCE-SHUTDOWN

Shuts down Windows to the point of "It is now safe to turn off your computer ". Word FORCE-SHUTDOWN ignores system queries regarding saving changes in open applications and forces the operating system to shut down.


REBOOT
FORCE-REBOOT

Reboots the system. Word FORCE-REBOOT ignores system queries regarding saving changes in open applications and forces the operating system to reboot.


POWEROFF
FORCE-POWEROFF

Shuts the system down and turns off the power. Word FORCE-POWEROFF ignores system queries regarding saving changes in open applications and forces the operating system to shut down and turns power off.


LOGOFF
FORCE-LOGOFF

Logs off the current user (works in 9x/ME and works in NT/2000/XP if nnCron is running as a regular application rather then as a service). Word FORCE-LOGOFF ignores system queries regarding saving changes in open applications and forcibly logs off the current user.


LOGGEDON?

Returns TRUE (-1) if a user is logged on locally.


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