power management

Hi. I'm trying to wake my win 7 pc from sleep (not from hibernation) using task scheduler but I'm having some problems. The pc does not wake up. I have set a task that has an action to starts cmd.exe and argument is "/c "exit"". Windows runs as a shell and apparently running windows as a shell...

Don't recall having that issue prior to upgrading to Windows 10. Basically, when I turn on the PC after hibernation, it often just restarts instead of resuming. I tried to Google the issue, but it seems to be widespread around laptops, tablets, etc which makes it harder to pinpoint what exactly...

Hi, I am using nvidia multi display power saver with SLI. With two monitors both cards are running at 51mhz and temps are good. Is this safe to force downclock all the time until I need the extra power/3D?

I am running windows 7 sp1 on a laptop. I have 9 network drives mapped. After I close the laptop lid (hibernate) and re open the lid, all the network drives have red x's. I can click on each drive and they come back. Is there any way to stop this from happening?

• I know, the command "shutdown / h" makes the computer hibernate, immediately. I want to do the same command, but with: + timer to run. • Like as the command "shutdown -s -t 5400" makes the computer off not immediately, but after 90 min. I want to hibernate computer. • Question: How to Write...

Ok so I have a problem with my old Dell E176FP monitor. Basically what happens is that when the computer goes off or goes into standby, the monitor doesn't go off. Instead it goes into a Self Test Feature Check. Sadly, over the years I have had the monitor I can never have much luck turning it...

Where do I begin... This recently started happening, I don't know when but I think it was yesterday or the day before, prior to this I've never even seen Windows go into "Resuming Windows", it would just wake up from it's sleeps. But now it seems that every single time I put it to sleep it...

After a time in Hibernate mode, my computer "wake up" automatically. Someone know what are causing this? Microsoft said it would be outdated drivers. But it is not. My drivers are all installed and updated. I've been in the "Device Manager" to see which devices could be making the computer to...

Windows 10 comes with a new Battery Saver feature, which promises improved power management. We compared Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 TP to find out which one presently offers better battery life. The results might surprise you. The post Here’s why Windows 10 is terrible for your laptop’s battery...

Hi everybody, I use my computer for video editing which is a heavy computational task and can take hours to complete. What power options should be selected for this kind of a task? As far as I understand, sleeping and hibernation should be disabled completely. But what about Hard Disk and...

Recently Windows shuts down when idle after the pre set sleep interval expires. When I set my display to blank after 15 min and my PC to sleep after 20 min my PC will shut down rather than go to sleep as it is suppose to. I have extended the sleep interval to an hour to avoid shutdown. I...

Hi, Just bought an Acer Aspire E15 and have been setting it up today and managed to get connected to the internet through the wi-fi however I have noticed that the wifi keeps dropping and leaves me with nothing and then I have to manually go in and select the router again. This is happening...

Here's the situation: • I have Windows 7 SP1 running on an MSI Z97-G55 mobo with latest BIOS (updated today). • My router, a Linksys E3000, is running DD-WRT (updated today) Here are the steps I have taken to try to get it to work: 1. Static IP is set and works just fine. 2. I've added the...

A BSoD randomly appears. The problem began a month after I got the PC, after many attempts of troubleshooting the error (replaced SATA cables, resintalled Windows, Update SSD Firmware, alternate SATA ports, cheked everything is well conected, tested RAM with MEMTEST86) I disabled Intel's Link...

I have recently (about 4 weeks ago) purchased an Asus R510J, a laptop with pre-installed Windows 8.1. It was running rather smoothly apart from some painful differences I notice coming from Windows 7. The one issue I started to notice however, was that when waking it up in the morning it would...

Hi, as the title says, it seems that whatever I change in my settings in the control panel, does not get saved. I noticed this when every time i open up my laptop, the notification center, you know, the little white flag at the bottom right, keeps showing an "x" mark, saying that windows...

Symptom: I cannot toggle the sleep mode from either my keyboard shortcut or in the menu of windows 8. Both options, shutdown and restart, work perfectly fine but sleep won't work. Here is what happens when I toggle sleep: My screen shuts down but the fans still are blowing. Whenever I move my...

Hello, As a student I had quite a lot of trouble with my previous laptop's battery. It had an autonomy of 4h in the beginning, but one day, while it still had 50%, it suddenly dropped to zero for some reason, and after that incident the battery has never exceeded 50% charge again. So I had to...

Have been running Windows 7 since its inception. Looking for any technical assistance regarding the above topic. 1. Upon boot-up, and after post screen, then Windows Logo, "Monitor Going To Sleep" displaying, BUT the monitor does not go to sleep. 2. Tried searching but could not locate any...

Some time ago after having to reinstall Win7 my computer suddenly began to start the programme anew after I had closed Windows. The time elapsing between closing and starting varied from 2 minutes up to half an hour. Is there any place where I could check the code or alter it so that the...