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    PowerToys Awake: Practical keep awake tool with UX caveats

    Microsoft’s PowerToys Awake is useful, simple, and uncontroversial on paper — but the recent Neowin “Closer Look” column arguing that Awake is not its author’s favorite tool touches on wider, real usability and reliability questions that matter for anyone who needs predictable keep‑awake...
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    PowerToys 0.96.1 Patch Restores Image Resizer and Awake Fixes

    Microsoft shipped what it calls a small bug-fix update to PowerToys — identified in some reports as 0.96.1 — that aims to restore a previously broken module on Windows 10 and address a handful of regressions in Awake and Advanced Paste, while leaving the larger 0.96 feature set intact. The...
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    PowerToys for Windows 10/11: Boost Productivity with Tiny Utilities

    Windows PowerToys has quietly become one of the most useful free downloads for serious Windows 10 and Windows 11 users, bundling dozens of small, well-crafted utilities that smooth the rough edges of everyday computing and unlock customization that Microsoft doesn’t expose by default. If you’ve...
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    Unlock Windows 11 Power: PowerToys, Task Scheduler, and Process Explorer

    Windows 11 still hides a surprising amount of power under its polished surface — and for power users the obvious answer isn't hoping Microsoft brings back every legacy tool, it’s learning where those capabilities already exist and how to extend them cleanly. What began as a short list of...
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    Windows 10 Computer Won't Wake From Sleep or Hibernate

    My trouble is with sleep and hibernate modes. When either mode is entered the computer won’t wake. (When a ‘wake’ is initiated, the power light comes on, but not the monitor. I’ve seen the hard drive light barely flicker for a fraction of a second, but it doesn’t run for the length of time...
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    Windows 7 need to define task to run each time computer awakens from sleep

    Using Task Scheduler, is there any way I can define a task that will run whenever the computer awakens from sleep? I need to schedule some reset operations on one of my services which will run each time my computer wakes up from sleep. Is there any way to do that in Task Scheduler? I can't...
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    Windows 7 Taskbar Vanishes After Standby on Windows 7 RC: Seeking Solutions

    I'm running windows 7RC now more than a month and it makes me smile :) But i've got one problem. When my laptop awakes from standby or when i am not using my laptop for a long time (more than a hour), the taskbar disappears. I can open the start menu with the windows button and all programs work...
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