I have a bit of a unique question here. I live in a place where thunderstorms are common, but I need my PC to work during those storms as I typically have a lan server running and am doing extensive batch tasks that cannot be interrupted. Currently I have a UPS installed which can power the desktop for up to 1 hour, but I only have 1 of my 3 monitors hooked up to the battery to save power (using all the monitors basically cuts the battery runtime in half). The problem is when a power failure occurs, the other monitors shut off but the desktop still thinks it's powering 3 monitors, thus still drawing extra power. How can I get my desktop to automatically disable multi-monitor when a power failure is detected? For the record, the desktop views it as being on a battery all of a sudden.
I tried Nvidia's surround feature which allows for a keyboard shortcut to enable/disable, but it completely messes up window snapping and some programs I use have performance issues with it enabled. Additionally, there are times I cannot be at my computer to monitor and disable the extra screens manually if necessary. Is there a program that can do this monitoring for me? I run a desktop with Windows 7 Ultimate.
I tried Nvidia's surround feature which allows for a keyboard shortcut to enable/disable, but it completely messes up window snapping and some programs I use have performance issues with it enabled. Additionally, there are times I cannot be at my computer to monitor and disable the extra screens manually if necessary. Is there a program that can do this monitoring for me? I run a desktop with Windows 7 Ultimate.