power saving

My PC used to be on 24/7 until I decided that I wasting power however now it seems to want to close down at 23:15 unless it is actually working on something - This is annoying me and I would like to know what is causing this shutdown - does anyone have an explanation?

I have a Samsung TFT monitor with resolution 1920x1080 which is connected by HDMI cable. Assume I open a couple of windows (IntExp, WinExplorer, notepad,...). Now (e.g.late in the evening) I turn off manually physically (only) the TFT monitor to save power but let the computer continue run...

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...

I've been having this trouble on my laptop where the power setting just changes at will. I usually put it at power saving when i use it to write but it just takes 10-20 seconds before it by itself changes to High performance. Its been doing this all day today, does anyone know why it would be...

Hello, I am new to the forum. I am using Windows 7 64bit and have recently been getting the BSOD. It only happens when the machine is left for say 20 minutes. If I am using the machine it never happens! If I go for a cup of tea and come back 20 minutes later the BSOD has appeared. I have...

Good Afternoon, All-Knowing Win-7 Gurus; It seems as I have read a bazillion (give or take) threads regarding the Black Screen of Doom. To this point, none of the solutions has helped my (innumerable) issues. I am experiencing this screen and all of it's glory. It occurs as my beloved...

I'm sorry if i have put this in the wrong forum area but i didn't see anything for crashes and other problems like that. i will now try to explain my problem as best as i can. I have just received my graphics card back from Scan.co.uk as i thought i had a graphics card problem. I then...

Good day mighty experts, I do have a question regarding the way Windows 7 handles network shares. I have a few NAS servers on my network (mapped to local drives on my pc), some of which using power saving techniques. As a result, they stop their hard drives after a few minutes idle time. This...

So i don't exactly know if this is the right forum to post this but does disabling a device actually save energy? For example, i have two CD-ROM players, if i disable one of them do i actually have any advantege in doing so?

Hi, I have my computer configured to turn display off after 3 minutes. After that time, the display turns off and when I press the power button on my pc case, it just turns the display on, so I have to press it again to enter standby mode. Is there a way to make the power button enter standby...

I recently purchased an Nvidia gtx 460 graphics card. Works great but when the monitor "wakes up" after a long period of time (typically when the computer has been sitting overnight), but the monitor image strobes repeatedly and will do so until I have opened at least one new program (which...

Hi - I seem to be having a similar problem that others have with windows 7 -have gone through the usual issues and none have solved it. I have a Dell Optiplex 745 -just did a clean install of Home Premium. Started dropping the internet connection. ipconfig release and renew solves the problem...

Because of an issue with an external drive, i have to not allow the power saving feature for hard drives. Apparently my external (LaCie) doesn't support power saving and when W7 enacts the mode the drive stalls. The problem being i have a total of 6 hard drives. I'd like the others to power save...

Hello, I've recently switched from Windows Vista to Windows 7 x64. I use the word switched instead of upgraded because I formatted my old drive instead of installing over Vista. I have been using two screens for forever now, both LG Flatron L1750HQ, both are digital and have served me well. My...

I've got an Asus G60 Laptop with an Atheros Ethernet adapter. Seemingly randomly it will stop working and when plugged into the same router that I'm currently connected flawlessly to through wifi display either: Identifying - No Network Access OR Unknown Network - No Network Access...

Win 7 Ent x64 Intel i7 , 6GB ram , System on SSD... Symptoms: 1. Some process cannot be killed, not even with force restart (both Windows Security restart or the shutdown command). Which is really bad, I cannot restart the PC remotely or heck, not even a safe restart, has to press RESET or...

There could be many occasion that you would like to schedule PC Link Removedat a predefined intervals or under certain conditions without relying on manual reset. Even though there are many solutions out there but in case you are still looking around, here is a simple utility that you can try...

Win 7 automatically shuts down on me after about 8 hours. No matter what I'm doing, it just powers down and I lose whatever was on the screen. I have a Dell laptop and use it on electricity only. It also sits on a unit with two cooling fans. Have never used it on battery. I checked my...

Hello, I'm trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate but during installation my monitor enters power saving mode. Could be a problem with my video card? I succeeded installing it once but after it starts after several minutes monitor enters power saving and also my keyboard stops working. I tried...

Hi I am running W7 64 Pro on a Ati HD 5750 GFx card my Dual displays (Dell SP2309W) are both connected with DVI. All latest drivers are installed. My issue is with the power-saving: when ever my displays are going to turn off automatically only one of my displays go to standby and the other...