power options

When I first got my Dell Inspiron Windows 7, 64 bit, the power button in the start menu had all the options: shut down, hibernate, log off,switch users. A couple of weeks ago it changed and now only has Log Off and Switch Users. I cannot change it in the Properties box because it only has the 2...

Guys, I've been having some extremely weird problems with my Windows 7 Home Premium PC. It's brand new, bought in the beginning of the year. There's 4 problems. Main one comes first: Today, while I was watching You Tube videos, got a blue screen twice. But not the 'blue screen of death'...

I can't change the SHUTDOWN to SLEEP on the start menu. When I do nothing happens - IE it doesn't change. The last time it was SLEEP it spontaneously changed to SHUTDOWN. what is going on????????????????

A couple days ago, my computer hung after going into an idle induced sleep. It would not wake up. I had to power off. This problem continues. Another symptom is it will not shutdown or hybernate. It starts back up again. Things I've already done: Uninstall Roxio Turn off Wakeup on Lan...

Good day. The Acer monitor here on my home-built computer enters power save mode (the power light turns amber) exactly 20 minutes after I last touch the keyboard or mouse. When I am watching movies on my computer, it gets frustrating that I have to move the mouse every so often just so that I...

Hi Folks, Cybermoron posted a thread on creating a nifty shutdown button on the Win 7 desktop to make shutdown\restart easier. I posted that I use a similar method to shutdown\restart my Ubuntu installs using a simple python script. He suggested I share that here in the Linux section so here...

How do I change the SHUTDOWN button to a SLEEP button at the bottom of the Start Menu???

An alternative to the shutdown menu is clickable shortcuts. Right-click -> New -> Shortcut -> Location of the item: Shutdown Computer Shutdown.exe -s -t 00 Restart Computer Shutdown.exe -r -t 00 Lock Workstation Rundll32.exe User32.dll,LockWorkStation Hibernate Computer...

Hi, I've recently (about a week ago) upgraded from Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 Ultimate and during the process I upgraded my new Samsung HDD (the old HDD had defects so I had to get it replaced anyway). After the installation of Windows 7 on the new HDD, however, I started experiencing...

I have a Windows 7 laptop wi-fi'ed to my Windows 7 desktop, both recently upgraded from Vista. The printer on the desktop is network-shared. On the desktop, under Power Options, Sleep, "allow wake timers" is enabled. Printing from the laptop under Vista could occur whether the desktop was awake...

I am using a Sony Vaio VGN-SZ650N notebook model. I upgraded the OS to Windows 7 Professional 32-bit recently and got the dreaded "fn key malfunctioning" issue, which I was able to quickly fix by reinstalling drivers from Sony's website in a certain order. Changing the display brightness with...

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Hi I am new to Windows 7, have it on Asus EEEPC On Windows shutdown option I have Hibernation but no standby. Sleep is grayed On Power options I can set Hibernation options but I even on lid down options I do not see standby option.

Power options resets itself to "balanced" every time I turn my laptop on. If I set it to "performance" or my own power plan this is never remembered when the laptop has been rebooted. I am using Home Premium now but when I was using the RC I never had this problem.

HI just got my new laptop and having a few issues with w7, First but i think i may have fixed it sometimes i couldnt open itunes or steam if i clicked on them nothign would happen the hour glass would come up for a secm if i goto task manager they are in there so i tryed ending them and open...

Hi, I just installed windows 7 on my laptop and the power options page doesn't display a "dim the display" option, nor do the keyboard commands to dim the display do anything. Is there a way to fix this? I am running a Lenovo G530 machine and there does not seem to be driver support for windows...

I've searched several forums, but can't find an answer, so I'll ask here. I like the auto-dim feature in Windows 7 when the computer is idle, however I'd like it to dim more than it does. I can adjust the brightness while I'm using it, but I can't find a setting to allow me adjust the level...

Hi I've recently upgraded my R610 to Windows 7. I've extended the desktop by HDMI onto my television. I've found that when I close the screen, the laptop switches off the output to the extended desktop - killing off the image on the TV. Basically the laptop goes into sleep mode. Under XP and...

Ok, so I have ACPI 2.0 installed, and I have all the settings in the "Power Options" that allow a timed hibernate, disabled. However, when I leave the PC on it will hybrid sleep after a few hours and then when I try to resume, it instantly turns on (like its supposed to) but then, after about a...

Windows 7 runs about 10-15 degrees C hotter than XP. I have a M2A-VM ASUS motherboard. When I ran Win 7 RC for quite a while it seemed cooler. It has quite and cool AMD technology! After researching cool and quiet AMD tech., turning the power options to the lowest power level is better but not...