Windows 8.1 tablet, turn off screen while keeping tablet on?

Anonymous
2014-02-17T04:44:09+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2015-01-28T20:59:04+00:00

    Hi all,

    My issue has been resolved, Asus have provided a bios update via their Asus LiveUpdate.

    My screen will now turn off when I close the lid on my transformer and my music still plays!

    It seems that this was a bios issue but still something that device manufacturers and Microsoft need to collaborate with to provide a solution for other devices that have the same issue.

    Thanks to all for your help,

    Regards,

    Shaun

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-01-14T12:24:08+00:00

    Wow, echo the comments here of how such a basic feature in a mobile device seems to have been omitted.

    While the registry edit partially gave a solution so that i can set screen off after x minutes, it still isn't a complete solution.

    I use my tablet to set some downloads going then want to be able to push the power button and turn the screen off. I'll then set after how long i want it to sleep of inactivity just in case i forget i have my downloads running. This is exactly how an Android device works.

    'Turn Display Off' clearly works as it's now an option to set on a timer after editing the registry, so how hard is it to have it as an option on 'Power button and lid options' as currently all i still have is Sleep.

    I guess another half baked solution would be a cmd line to call the command to 'Turn off display' but I wouldnt know how to do this, maybe someone else would?

    Update: This may help some people, i found a program that will turn off your display:

    http://www.redmondpie.com/turn-off-your-notebook-lcd-with-one-click/

    You'll need to have .Net Framework installed and to run it as Administrator (right click) although if you use UAC you'll get prompted each time so i guess i'm turning UAC off for now. Microsoft clearly need to fix this whole mess, its quite laughable.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-12-30T12:38:22+00:00

    hello !

          I cant find any solution to make the screen off while downloading like the android having many no of apps... Does the Microsoft people are looking these problems ???/

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-12-18T04:18:57+00:00

    On behalf of the folks in this thread, I formally would request an enhancement be submitted to the power management functionality of Windows to allow "Turn off the display" to be added as an option under "Choose what the power buttons do".  This would rectify the issue for devices where the physical hardware does not provide this capability.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-12-18T03:33:47+00:00

    Same problem with my Windows 8.1 Thinkpad 10. "Sleep" and "Turn off display" are both the same thing! It's frustrating if you want to listen music.

    Microsoft want to compete with Android? - Keep dreaming... They can't even fixed this very basic problem. Should have an update in the next business day!

    Anyway, as temporary fixed, I set the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\CSEnabled to 0. This will disable the sleep function and turn-off the display instead. The disadvantage is I need to shutdown my computer if I want to turn it off.

    Beautiful! This worked for me. Thank you!

    But Microsoft needs to get busy on a fix for this problem. I didn't have it until I installed December's updates from Windows Update today. Now I had this issue. Spent the better part of the day trying to figure out how to fix this.

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