The windows system can be configured to turn off the monitor as well as the computer, or set it in standby mode after a pre-determined period of inactivity. This will help to reduce energy use by the computer and contribute to preserving energy resources. Similarly there are some buttons from the keyboard such as “Power” and “Sleep” which also serve the same purpose. In the event your keyboard doesn’t feature these shortcut keys and you can’t wait for the preset automatic turning off timer to trigger, why not spend some time to create some hotkeys to quick turn off the monitor, put the computer in ‘standby’ mode or turn off the computer completely as soon as you get up from the desk. NirCMd, a small command-line utility offers green users a quick way to set some hotkeys for the above purposes.
