Need Software for display

[Jesse West]

I have a Flatscreen display in my store front window showing a presentation. It is powered by my laptop. Just like the lights in the window, I would like to have it turn on and off by timer. Anyone know of any free software that might do this. I understand it might just put it in hibernate and wake it up. That is fine. I just want it to be able to have a break without me haveing to run to the studio every night to shut it off. Or on, on the weekends for that matter. Thanks in advance.

[Tigershark]

Do you know how to write batch commands? a simple shell command would work and then use Windows scheduler to start the batch command and then one to end the program, so 2 batch commands and 2 scheduled tasks, schedule them to run at a particular time each day and you should be set

[sspellman]

Will your TV hibernate without a signal and turn back on when it senses it?

[Jesse West]

Its not a TV. Its a Monitor.

And no, I am not familiar with batch commands... :oops:

[mspringfield]

Some laptops/desktops have auto on/off settings in the BIOS. Check there first.

[Pyromaniac]

You should be able to do it with just the task scheduler. Just set the start time and then tell it to stop the task if it runs for X hours. X being how long you want it to run. You can also tell it to "Wake the computer to run this task."

[Jesse West]

Thanks guys!