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Pyhon script to turn the monitor On/Off on windows systems.
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python_windows_monitor_on_off.py
import win32gui, win32con
from time import sleep
SC_MONITORPOWER = 0xF170
win32gui.SendMessage(win32con.HWND_BROADCAST, win32con.WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, 2) # Off
sleep(2)
win32gui.SendMessage(win32con.HWND_BROADCAST, win32con.WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, -1) # On
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