power saving

hi everyone! my pc system is recovering from a serious crash resulting from a partition chaos (i happened to have been the cause ;) ) so - the pc boots again ... BUT, there are some issues i would be happy to find answers for in this forum: 1) windows 7 boots ... then goes into "starting...

Hi all, Preamble This is my first post so I thought I would start with a simple little problem first. I am running W7 x64 on the following platform: Intel desktop Board (DG31PR) Intel Core 2 duo 2.33MHz 3GB ram (2 modules 1gb & 2Gb running dual channel) 500GB Western Digital...

I've been trying to install Windows 7 RC (Build 7100) on a brand new Dell box (model: Optiplex 760) for the past week or so. I've tried both 32-bit and 64-bit. The issue I'd been having was a very interesting one. What would happen is that any processes on the computer (logging in, the clock...

Hi fellow beta testers, I have had an issue with windows 7 seems to affect all versions atleast for me. The issue is that my monitors 90% of the time will not go to power saving mode on their own after the computert has been idle. Occasioanlly the screensaver will not start either, in which...

Just installed RC 7100. I know its early days but i was wondering if anyone had ideas about the following. The processor is running at full speed all the time when plugged in, the speedstep is not working. The Screen is at full brightness all the time, the function keys or the slider in...

Probably a simple question but was wondering if constantly putting machine in sleep mode helps or hinders monitor and other hardware throughout the day rather than rebooting.

Well its not a major issue but its just a pain in my a**. Anywho when I leave my computer on for a while and it goes into a sleep mode, and I come back to use it, I wiggle the mouse some and it starts back up. I hear the hard drive start to spin and the processor starting to work. My issue is...

I built this system a year ago specifically for Windows Vista. I installed Windows 7 32 bit a couple days ago. There were no issues during the install. Everything was detected and I had absolutely no conflicts after installation. Smooth, fast and wonderful. Now for the issue... I was...

Hey, Anyone knows how can I enable hibernation on Windows 7? Thanks!

Recently, my laptop (vista business) will not wake up after closing the lid. It does if only a few minutes lapse but it closed more then a few (5 min say) is shows a screen that is back lit, curser will move but nothing else is available. I have to do a hard restart to get it back awake...

I bought a cheap 22" AOC LCD monitor to replace my polyview 19" LCD and was surprised to find my screensaver does not activate or the PC go into sleep/stand-by mode as before.. Screensavers work in preview... Power settings still the same.. Anyone had this problem when changing a LCD monitor...