I have two laptops (Windows 10) and a mini-PC (Windows 11) with external USB hard drives connected. The "Turn off hard disk after" setting is set to 10 minutes on all devices, but the drives turn off at different times on each machine. One shuts off around 2 minutes, another at 3, another at 6...
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Hello,
Everytime i'm not charging I automatically switch to the energy safe performance program. Is there a way to change this and to always be in the High performance program?
Thanks in advance!
So yesterday I was tampering with the energy settings to find ways to make my computer consume less electricity. Now this morning as I booted up my laptop (a Lenovo L440), the screen brightness setting appears to be stuck between two settings (one at about 70% and the other at maybe 80% -- these...
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am already facing such an annoying problem
i have set sleep mode settings to never never for both plugged and unplugged
but after about 5 or 6 hours the computer turns of i have to press the power button to turn it on again when i move my hand on the touch the...
A few months ago the sleep mode on my computer became dysfunctional. Before, I used to put it into sleep mode (it is a desktop) and then move the mouse, and it would power up to exactly how I left it. Now if I put it in sleep mode, it appears to power up but nothing is shown on the screen. All...
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Hey guys...newbie posting out of total desperation and needing help! I have posted in other forums with no luck...
I bought a Samsung SH-D162D DVD Drive in a USB enclosure to connect to my Toshiba laptop via USB.
I cannot get windows 7 to find it! When I plug in the USB cable the balloon...
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Hi there,
I upgraded my main machine from XP x64 to Windows 7 Professional x64 (yes, Professional, not Ultimate, it's not the RC - it's a final version I got via my university).
And well.. stand-by and hibernation.. just make my head explode.. all hardware installed properly (with the...
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I have my power options set to turn the monitor off after 10 minutes and put the computer to sleep after 1. Neither is working. Anyone else seen or experiencing this issue.