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Windows 7 Turning display setting off after X minutes
Hello all: I just installed Windows 7 with SP 1 last week on my HP Pavilion desktop. I'm trying to have the screen go to black (or screensaver) after, let's say, 15 minutes. I set it and "save changes" but it never goes to black or screensaver. The screen just stays on. I've tried several...- SoCal411
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- display settings windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 (Solved)I Have Only One Power Plan
I just upgraded to Win 10 on my Surface Pro 3. I had two problems one of which has been solved. The one that is solved was that my Samsung SDXC card was not recognized. It didn't appear in Device Manager or in Computer Management > Disk Management. I "fixed" the problem by re-installing Windows...- hawkeye62
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- balanced plan computer issues configuration control panel device manager disk management fix hyper-v power plan reinstall sdxc card settings surface pro tech support troubleshooting upgrade user help windows 10
- Replies: 25
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 System goes into hibernation mode EVERY time I put it to sleep
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...- Inception
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- bios configuration crash device management hibernation hybrid sleep keyboard issues mouse issues power management raid configuration reset settings sleep mode system issues troubleshooting user experience windows
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 No hibernate mode?? win 7
There is no option for hibernate, only sleep, shut down, restart..etc. the usuals...but no hibernate.- yohoo32123
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- hibernate restart shutdown sleep user settings windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 No battery notification
How do I activate battery notifications for Windows 8 when the battery reaches a certain level? I did go to Power Options and then to Advanced Settings. I could not find the option to do this. Anyone know?- windowsguy88
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- battery configuration help level alert notifications settings user query windows 8
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Windows 8.1 won't shut down
For the past 2 weeks (approximately), when I click "Shut Down" on my Win 8 laptop, nothing happens. If I click "Sleep," it goes to sleep right away, but it will not shut down. I see by the forum posts that my problem isn't unique. I have tried all three methods described in the post...- John Dove
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- corrupted files fast startup laptop issues sfc scan shutdown sleep system specs windows 8.1 windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Help please: no Hybrid Sleep Option?
(I have Windows 7 Home Premium on a desktop pc) I have been into ... Power Options Change Plan Settings Change Advanced Power Settings and when I expand Sleep there is no Hybrid Sleep option. I have been investigating which is best from Sleep, Hibernate etc and think Hybrid Sleep might be the...- Roz Woolcock
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- desktop hibernate hybrid sleep settings sleep mode troubleshooting user help windows 7
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Problem on screen brightness adjustment(Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit)
Hi, I observed a problem on my new pc with windows 7. When I try to adjust the screen brightness, the adjustment slider is always in minimum in Control panel>Hardware and Sound>Power Option, as shown in this picture but once I go to the "Edit Plan Settings", the slider is in maximum...- unknownzhou
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- brightness control panel display settings hardware issues new computer plan settings troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 ASIO and DirectSound
I have audio latency problems on my Win7 x64 (stuttering sound) playing music. LatencyMon does not pinpoint the exact cause, it can basically be anything. After having fiddled with BIOS config, power options, changing drivers back and forth, changing hardware (network card, sound card)...- jjjjjj
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- asio audio audio issues bios configuration direct sound drivers hardware latency latencymon network plugins stuttering system sounds troubleshooting video playback winamp windows 7
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Hibernation=disabled but "hiberfil.sys" still updated ?
I disabled Hibernation in Win 7 a couple of weeks ago. I verfied this by viewing START--->Dropdown menu shows now "hibernate" entry. When I look now on C:\ then I can see - hiberfil.sys is still existing - hiberfil.sys is still updated (last modified date=today) How else can I check if...- pstein
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- disable hibernation file management hiberfil.sys hibernation storage system files tech support windows 7 windows management
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 windows 8.1 not waking up from sleep
Since upgrading from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 the computer is not always waking up from sleep and hangs The only solution I have found is to turn off the power and reboot The wait cursor shows and the computer will not respond to any keys such as Ctrl Alt Delete or the Windows Key Any...- David Mills
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- cursor keyboard issues reboot sleep mode system hang troubleshooting upgrade waking windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Crackling sound problem causing nvidia kernel mode driver crash
Hello, I bought this computer to play games, and whenever I play MMORPG like Tera, Final Fantasy XIV, etc I get this crackling sound randomly causing 1 fps then message saying nvidia kernel mode driver has crashed and recovered successfully. I researched a lot in the internet, and I tried...- rhtmxhq8
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- audio issues bios computer issues crackling sound directx driver crash drivers final fantasy xiv fps gaming kernel-mode mmorpg nvidia performance recovery support tech support tera troubleshooting
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Can't disable sleep, or password on wakeup
I have Windonws 7 Professional running on several virtual desktops (VMWare View). The virtual desktops go to sleep after a few minutes, and require a password on wakeup. I've read a number of threads that deal with either disabling password on wakeup, or preventing the OS from going to sleep...- Cannon
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- configuration control panel desktop management hibernate password protection power settings settings sleep mode troubleshooting user account control virtual desktops vmware wake timers windows 7
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 black screen on boot up
I have an issue with getting a completely black screen. I never see a desktop. I never even see the login screen. If I press the sleep button on the case, then start it back up, I see a mouse pointer too. But on first boot, there is no mouse pointer. Booting in safe mode has the exact same...- eddified
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- app reinstallation black screen boot issues bsod desktop display issues error diagnosis evga graphics card login screen mouse old hardware pc build safe mode troubleshooting user interface windows 8
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Computer reboots sometime after monitor is powered off
I get Windows 7 rebooting on its own under the following condition: I power off the monitor and sometime later when I power it back on, I see that I am at the logon screen. If I never power off the monitor, Windows does not reboot on its own. I did change the power supply. sfc finds nothing...- sunrisecc
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- error logs graphics card graphics driver hardware issues login screen monitor msi r4550 power saver power supply reboot samsung px screensaver shutdown issues system performance troubleshooting ups virtual memory windows 7
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 When/why do I need a second graphic driver (Intel + AMD-ATI)?
I bought a new Samsung notebook with a core i7 CPU and an (additional) AMD Radeon HD8870M graphic chip. I guess the AMD Radeon chip is only for those users who are not satisfied with the (speed) of the Intel-built-in graphic chip. What else are the advantages of using the AMD Radeon display...- pstein
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- amd catalyst compatibility control center drivers gaming gpu graphics driver hardware installation intel multimedia notebook performance radeon support technology user experience utilities
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 8 Somethings wrong with my computer :/
I have a samsung series 5 chronos windows 8 but somethings wrong with my computer first of all the cmd would close every time i try to open the window and i tried running it with "cmd /k ipconfig /all"on the run window and i tried going into the system32 folder but the windows explorer closes...- John Kim
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- application cmd computer issues drag and drop explorer file explorer gaming performance restart samsung system performance system32 troubleshooting user experience virus windows 8
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 hyper-v VMs constantly shutting down
I have a sony vaio core i7, 8 gb ram windows 8 pro with hyper-v for windows 8 installed and working. my issue is that all my vms come up fine but after about 10 minutes of inactivity they automatically shut down. I have set all my power options in both the vm and my host as never on all the...- dabluezpreacher
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- core i7 hyper-v inactivity shutdown sony vaio troubleshooting virtual machine vms windows 8
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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How to disable and re-enable hibernation on a computer that is running Windows
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- computer disable enable hibernation settings troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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Windows 7 Consider replacing your battery Problem
:confused: I am sorry if this was posted somewhere,but I am not in the mood,because of this problem on my laptop.This is like a crash and a bit of a bug,and it annoys me.The laptop I have is Satellite L755 and owned it for 10 months which is near a year.As of right now, my laptop's battery...- Piron Bengs
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- acpi battery battery drain bug charging device manager energy management hibernation laptop laptop issues microsoft fixit project assistance satellite l755 sleep mode technical issues troubleshooting user support windows 7
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Help and Support