ScreenOff: Commando Edition - Everyone needs ScreenOff, especially if you use your Pocket PC as a cell phone or MP3 player. A screen blanker can be used for many different purposes, including shutting off your screen during a remote connection sessions.
This program saves your battery life while you use your Pocket PC for purposes that allow you to turn the screen off. Set up your MP3s or cell phone software, then shut off your screen and touch screen mechanisms to conserve power. It's that simple.
To turn the screen back on, just tap the power button twice or you can map ScreenOff to a hardware button or keyboard key to act like a toggle switch. By using this method, you can tap the button/key once to turn the screen off, and tap the button/key again to turn the screen back on.
If you were listening to a list of music on your home computer, you wouldn't leave your monitor on, would you? You would shut it off to conserve power. This is especially relevant to notebook computers and Pocket PCs. Why leave your screen on while listening to MP3s? The screen drains the battery more than any other component in the Pocket PC.
Just download this application to a desktop computer and install it to your Pocket PC. Setup your music (or other audio program) then when you?re done with the screen, shut it off by running this program. To turn the screen back on, push the power button once, wait one second, and then push the power button again. There is also another method to turn the Pocket PC back on.
Works great with the following uses:
playing MP3s and Windows Media Player,
using your PPC as a phone,
file transfers and file backups,
wireless internet connections,
IR, USB, and serial connections,
ActiveSync sessions.
Because your device remains on, your network connections, phone connections, and other activities that require the power to remain on will not be affected by turning the screen off. For example, if you are using your device as a phone, you can turn the screen off, and still receive incoming calls.
You can use ScreenOff to conserve power during a remote connection or ActiveSync session (when you are performing file transfers, or file backups).
You can setup ScreenOff to be run off the Today Screen, from a Pocket PC button, or even from a Pocket PC keyboard. This program maintains your Pocket PC in running state. This means you can even remain connected to a network while the screen is off. But remember, when you are finished using your Pocket PC, turn your machine off by pressing the power button once (because even though the screen is off, your Pocket PC is still on). How to setup 'ScreenOff' to a hardware button for Pocket PC or Pocket PC 2002
Setting up 'ScreenOff' to be run with the press of any single button on the Pocket PC is easy and can be accomplished as follows:
Tap the start button.
Tap Settings.
On the screen should appear "Settings". In the upper-left hand corner of the screen will appear a picture of a Pocket PC with the title Buttons under it. Tap on that icon/name.
On the screen should appear "Settings:Buttons". In the Button/Assignment list, decide on a button that you wish to use to start 'ScreenOff'. To select that button, tap on the title (ie "Button 1", "Button 2", etc).
Once the correct button has a highlight on it (is darkend), tap on the list under the title "Button Assignment". From here, scroll down or up until you see 'ScreenOff'. Once you see 'ScreenOff', tap on 'ScreenOff'. The list box should now show 'ScreenOff' as a selection.
Tap on OK in the upper-right corner of the screen.
You have now can press the button you assigned to run 'ScreenOff'.
How to setup 'ScreenOff' to a the Today Screen for Pocket PC or Pocket PC 2002
Setting up 'ScreenOff' to be run with the tap of the icon on the Pocket PC is easy and can be accomplished as follows:
Download the TDLaunch Program (you can get the executible for free from http://tdlauch.dmdsoftware.net).
Install the application (follow the same instructions that you used to install 'ScreenOff').
Once installed, tap the start button.
Tap Today.
On the screen should appear "Start:Today". Tap on the today banner at the top of the screen (this is the banner that shows the date).
On the screen should appear "Settings:Today". Ensure that a checkmark appears next to 'tdLaunch' in the list. If one does not appear, tap on box to checkmark it.
Tap on the name 'tdLaunch'.
The 'tdLaunch' item should be highlighted.
You will also notice two-three buttons appear usable a the top left of the screen. Tap on 'Options...'.
A new screen with the title "Settings" should appear. Tap the button 'Add' locatted at the bottom of the screen.
A "Settings" screen appears with a "Name:", "File Path:" and "Command line:" fields appear. Tap on the little '...' button that appears next to the field "File Path:".
On the screen should appear a file explorer like interface. Tap on "Windows".
Tap on "Start Menu".
Tap on "Programs".
Tap on "ScreenOff.lnk".
You should now appear back to the screen as described in 11) but with the "Name:" and "File Path:" fields with data in them. Tap on OK in the upper-right hand corner of the screen.
You should now appear back to the screen as described in 10) but with the 'ScreenOff' appearing in the once empty box. Tap on OK in the upper-right hand corner of the screen.
You should now appear back to the screen as described in 6). Tap on OK in the upper-right hand corner of the screen.
It will take a moment for the icon(s) to appear on the today screen. Once they appear, you can tap on the icon to run 'ScreenOff'. You can move the icons up or down the screen by following 3) to 8) but tapping on "Move Up..." and "Move Down..." to move the presence of the icons up or down various positions on the Today Screen.
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