Turned on screen (appearing turned off)

Hi,
I'd like to be able to download files for long periods of time (say, during the night or when I'm away from the computer), but have the screen appear as if the computer's turned off (so no-one can fiddle around with it), but obviously have it working in the background and doing its thing.
Is there a way of achieving that? I don't want to leave the screen turned on when I'm not working on the computer, but I also want it to be doing whatever I want it to be doing in the background without having to put it to sleep, for instance (just so it can look turned off).
Any input would be greatly appreciated!

Or set the display to sleep while leaving computer sleep to 'Never' in EnergySaver preference pane.
In either case, you may also want to check 'Require password to wake from sleep or screensaver' in Security preference pane.

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