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Is there any alternative to UltraMon to be able to quickly turn a screen on and off.
I'm using multiple monitors and but have a piece of software with features that doesn't work when two monitors are enabled.
Windows Vista, nvidia, using the windows control panel currently.
You could use any automation software to manipulate the control panel. I like AutoIT myself
BTW. Is this really a programming question? If it is then I'd advice to fix the software rather than look for hacky workarounds. Multiple and/or large monitors are becoming quite popular these days.
I've found that the easiest way to switch on/off the external monitor is to use Windows' own control panel. I have a workstation with two monitors, but one of them doubles as an external monitor for my laptop. When I need it for my laptop, I just flip it off using the control panel (right-click on the desktop and select "properties").
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I wonder if it is possible to write a program which would limit the battery charge of a laptop. I know some manufacturers like Asus, Lenovo etc. have such build-in software, but I am curious if anyone had tried creating a universal software for that and if you would share some starting points. Not sure if that is even possible since I am unable to find such software. Thanks!
There is an almost generic tool for Linux: TLP. You find it's homepage (including a link to the source code) on https://linrunner.de/tlp/. It works as power saving utility and also can adjust the battery charge levels, BUT that feature is only for ThinkPads.
To my knowledge there is no universal interface to set the charge levels of laptop batteries, so a generic utility would have to know all that vendor specific settings probably.
A short research showed, that Linux supports more than Lenovo inside some kernel drivers, so maybe that code could help you to also write software for a different OS. My advice would be to research the possibilities for Linux to then think about a generic utility for another operating system.
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In windows 10 home I want to use 2 monitors with 1 or 2 desktops.
As when we use extent 1 monitor has the desktop icons and the other has only the taskbar and we can only drag the things to that screen.
Is that possible that I can give the whole access to both of the monitors?
Quick Answer - No.
You cannot (as of right now) run two virtual desktops on two screens.
But, with a quick Google search I have found some 3rd party solutions that can virtualize this feature.
Other than that - you can Right click on the Taskbar and enter to Taskbar Settings - there you can find a few other Settings (for both the taskbar and the icons) that might help you achieve something close to you original request.
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I need to change my mouse and I am looking to buy the Apple magic mouse but I'm not sure if there are drivers to install it on Windows and use it in a way that Magic Mouse functionalities can work fine on Windows. I've read across the internet about a software called "Magic Utilities" in addition to the driver for basic functionality of a standard mouse, however I don't bought the magic mouse yet, then I can't test that. I wanna know if we're completely able to make magic mouse work on Windows 7 (even on Win 8 or 10, I could run an update).
Thanks.
It will work if you have the right drivers but not all Bluetooth dongles work with the Magic Mouse
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It can this is a silly question, but is it possible to handle files on Windows (XP, Vista or 7) like on the Mac?
I clarify: on the Mac you can rename or move a file even if it is currently used by an application, on Windows you simply cannot! There is a way to change this behavior with some black magic on the Registry?
If you are interested You can read about File locking and specific implementations in Windows and Mac here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_locking
I use unlocker to get around this problem in Windows. It's quite handy
http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/
No, there is no builtin solution to your problem and I haven't heard of any tool accomplishing that.
It's not possible because the file handling is done in a different way, which is also strongly influenced by the features of the different filesystems.
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I am trying to figure out what is the name of application that shows us the desktop?
It's not the Finder, not a system ui server, then what is it?
I want to know the positions of various windows of application on window server. I have CGContext for them with me. Is it possible to get that information from WindowServer?
Can we use Accessibility API for this or any other technique?
The window management system is known as Quartz Compositor. The actual process shows up as "WindowServer" in Activity Monitor.
That's VNC server. However, this is actually not the programming question.