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C#: Force Monitors Into Standby Mode

So, say you're sitting in your bed and you want to turn off your monitors after watching a movie? You have to get up, and turn them off, or put the computer to sleep or something. I want to know what I need to do to access the functions required to turn off a monitor like one can adjust in the normal power settings. ...

Monitoring the progress of an SQL query in SQL SERVER

Hello, I saw a similar question which asked how to monitor the progress of a backup / restore operation: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/152447/is-there-a-sql-script-that-i-can-use-to-determine-the-progress-of-a-sql-server-ba I would like to know if there's a similar query / way to see how much time the query has left until it will...

Monitoring Reports

I have what might seem like a strange question. I have a number ( around 50 ) of flat file reports that I aggregate daily to one sever through various methods. These can be downloaded via sftp, generated on the server, https, etc. However, at this point I'm having issues monitoring them to check for failures, interruptions, etc. Does...

get screen size in python

I was wondering if there was a way to get the screen size from a python script. Similar Questions: Getting monitor size in python This question tells you how to get it through pygame. Is there a way to do it with just python? I need the scripts to run on several Unix-based operating system. ...

Can this program damage my monitor?

I made a Python program that switches the entire monitor back and forth between random colours very quickly. I'm wondering if it can harm my monitor somehow. Also on an unrelated note, it's tripy to stair at the program for extended periods of time. The program import Tkinter import random class AppTk(Tkinter.Tk): def __init__...

Favorite tools for monitoring cache for windows?

Hi, I am trying to profile my application but apparently it is too large for the profiler to even process. I am using IBM Quantify and suspect the same problem will show up if I try to use a different profiling tool. So I'm looking for a program that will monitor cache and i/o activity and performance that will run in the background an...

Get PC's Monitor Information Using .NET / WMI

Is there anyway using WMI/.Net to grab monitor information such as Manufacturer, Serial Number, Monitor Size etc.? Using a script is an option as well, or can I query the registry directly to get this information? SELECT * FROM Win32_DesktopMonitor doesn't really return any useful information for me in this case. ...

Monitor Multiple Rails Applications

Are there any tools that I can run on my server to monitor multiple rails applications? I need to monitor the number of requests each application receives, how much memory each application is using, how much of the cpu is being used and other stats similar to those. I need to see the stats for each individual rails application. ...

Visual Studio 2008 remains front most window debugger

I suspect this could be posted elsewhere but it seems to only be an issue with VS 2008 - I haven't experienced this before and it is frustrating me. I run VS 2008 on my dev box (Win 7 Ultimate, core i7 processor, 9GB RAM) and noticed that recently when I run a particular app I'm developing out of the debugger, VS then becomes the frontm...

How to monitor memory for java thread stacks

Hi, While running a JEE application on a 32 bit jvm on Solaris x86 I get an OutOfMemoryError:Cant create native thread (or something like that). This is because the jvm does not have enough memory for the stack of the new thread as far as I understand it. I use both JConsole and VisualVM 1.3 to monitor the application but I do not know ...

Dual monitor and browser pop up windows

Hi, I have a question about dual monitor in regards of IE browser pop up windows. The application I have developed launches a pop up window as input form at some point. It is working OK in single monitor environment and pop up gets positioned properly in accordance with JavaScript parameters I set up. I have been informed that when du...

Getting Monitor resolution in Python on Ubuntu

Is there a equatable bit of code to GetSystemMetrics in win32api, for Ubuntu? I need to get the monitors width and height in pixels. ...

How to get the CPU Temperature info from Bios using c# ?

How to get the CPU Temperature info from Bios using c# I gave a try to the code in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2923984/cpu-temperature-monitoring-c But no luck. 'enumerator.Current' threw an exception. How can i achieve this ? Thanks. Error : "This system doesn't support the required WMI objects(1) - check the exception...

Control LED Monitor programmatically

I am developing a research that basically control LED monitor's backlit to minimize its power consumption. Currently I'm unable to find a LED monitor with provided API to access and control the backlit (some PWD related I think.) Anyone did this before please give me some helps. Thanks a lot. ...

Pointers to creating virtual monitor drivers for OS X

I'd like to create a virtual monitor driver for OS X. What I mean by virtual is a monitor driver that does not drive an attached monitor, yet fools OS X into thinking there is such a monitor attached. The purpose? It can tunnel display data to some other device over some other protocol, say VNC. I believe this has been done before in o...

How do you turn on and off a monitor from within a Java application?

How do you turn on and off a monitor from within a Java application? In case you're wondering why, this is a kiosk style application where it would be great to turn off the monitors at night. Yes you can do it within the screensaver settings of the machine, but it would be great to do it programatically and avoid having to configure it ...

checking display/monitor specs via the web?

Is it possible to gather hardware information about the display the visitor is using to view the page or other technical specs (resolution, color depth, contrast and so on)? so one can bind conditions on wheater or not a picture is displayed on a website depending on the viewing device? cheers! ...

What important difference exists between Monitor.TryEnter(object) And Monitor.TryEnter(object, ref bool)?

It seems that these code snippets ought to behave identically: 1: Monitor.TryEnter(object) if (Monitor.TryEnter(lockObject)) { try { DoSomething(); } finally { Monitor.Exit(lockObject); } } 2: Monitor.TryEnter(object, ref bool) - introduced in .NET 4.0 bool lockAcquired; try { Monitor.TryE...

How can I monitor DB calls in weblogic?

How do I find which DB call is currently executed by my weblogic server? ...

C# selectively turn off monitor

Hi, is there a way in C# to identify all monitors connected to the system and choose which ones to turn on, off or low power? The previous questions i found on SO just turn off all monitors. ...