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just got a new windows 8.1 tablet ( omni 10 if you need to know for some reason ) and i keep finding myself wanting to turn off my screen while keeping the tablet from turning off or sleeping. i usually us my tablet to download OS updates for my android phone, or other large files, but whenever i push the power button the tablet goes into "sleep" mode and stops downloading everything. the only solution i can find is to keep the screen on, but id rather not do that to keep it from killing the battery faster that it needs to. also cant find anything in the power options about screen power off timer... only sleep timer :/
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Could you be more specific and what you programmed the gesture to do? I looked at their list and "Increase/Decrease Brightness" and "Sleep, Hibernate, etc..."? Did you use either of those? Thanks,
Also, the other recently offered solution of downloaded code works but gums up the lock screen too much to be useful.
Of course! "Power: Turn Off Display". I use several of the gestures. I found the app looking for a gesture to unhide the task bar. Ended up using the windows key/t key combination with a gesture instead of the stock canned unhide because I had to chase it with the stock vs key combination leaving it up. Great app, though
I am very thankful for all experiences which youve described, really. Sorry my experiences are little different. I have to admit that my earlier post was based only in theoretical level but Ive promised to try it. In a few moments ago I finished attempt
with TMGS app. I have to say it is beautiful app with huge potential but on my Iconia W4-821 is not usable for turning screen off. The result is exactly equal as many small apps which are designed for turning display off. All these attempts are based on same
base but use a different ways. This is work on sending very specific instruction to system with expectation to provide a task. There is not any strange thing. Strange is only banding TurnOffDisplay function with Sleep function. Ok. TMGS and others can turn
off display but they can`t divide this two, in my opinion, key functions.
This isn`t right way. Sorry.
Very nice and simple attempt to turn off display is sending a screen to only second display. What a pity that Windows check connectivity and when discover that there isnt any other display than return back to previous status with warning message about impossibility to find second display. This one looked like real trick. Maybe in registry is possibility to turn off checking external devices but I cant do this.
I am not able to use the other one in this thread because it's too easy to turn it back on by touching the screen. At least, with the one I use, all I have to avoid is the Windows home capacitive logo. I carry mine around with the screen off, so need less screen sensitivity. Also, I like the other gestures, as well.
I've managed to fix this by selling my Windows tablet and buying an Android one instead. Works straight away out of the box.
Doubt I'll ever buy a Windows tablet again given the lack of official response to all these complaints.
