I use Teamviewer or Windows Remote Desktop to access my work machine.
The Machine is always turned on and i switch off the monitor when leaving work. Is there any way to check remote that the monitor is really turned off?
The reason is, that i have have to log in remotely sometimes and don't want everybody to immediately see it. (It's not really secret, but you never know who is watching ^^)
Best Answer
It's not possible in general (or at least not for sure). There might be some hardware combinations allowing you to do this (e.g. some screens got their own USB drivers with utility functionality).
But there's actually a built-in function to black out the remote screen, if remote input is disabled during an active session. You can find the option in the advanced options:
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Once the setting is activated, connect to the remote machine and then disable remote input through the Actions menu (there are entries to disable remote input as well as to show black screen specifically).