power settings

When I close the lid it doesn't shut off, keycommands are ignored and the screen remains black leading my to hit power switch I've had the issue since 06/2012 Since then it stopped and continued from 09/2012 Critical 24/06/2012 00:23:16 Kernel-Power 41 (63) Critical 17/09/2012...

when my system starts up it always opens my personal file.. How do I stop it happening ? Also when I put my desktop PC to sleep I tweaked it so when I wake it up I don't have to use password.. however when pc goes to sleep automatically when I wake it up it says it is locked and asking me for...

Is there a way to prevent my system from waking up from sleep unless i press the tower power on button? Like prevent keyboard taps, mouse clicks & so forth? Just that my system is waking up on its own for no reason when i put it to sleep & its annoying me. Thanks

Hi, There's a problem with my laptop performence (HP Pavillion dm4-1265dx Entertainment PC), The gmes are realy slow, my brother have a HP Pavillion dv6 and it supports all kind of games, I may know the answer, when he plugs the charger the whole screen goes black and then come back in 1 second...

Recently reinstall Windows 7 on my netbook to get ready for school. Something I do periodically to clean off all the junk! Previously when I closed the lid it would put the computer to sleep then after about an hour or so, it would hibernate and completely shut off. However, now it will just...

Hello! I had a terrible time trying to get my ASUS K52 laptop to sleep and hibernate (win 7 home premium). I scoured the net looking at all kinds of things like using the commands: powercfg -a powercfg -devicequery wake_armed sfc -scannow I tried to boot into safe mode and never did figure...

I am visiting my grand daughter at my other daughter's house. Of course my grand daughter says, "Grandpa, can you look at my PC. It keeps going to sleep when I'm working on it. It has been working fine until I arrived here" Some may recall this is a new PC (approx. 7 months ago) that I bought as...

I've changed the setting of maximum processor state on battery from 100% to 50% to save battery. But the setting resets to default 100% time to time. I don't know why this is happening. Can you guys please help me regarding this issue. thanx in advance

Ever since installing Windows 7 (64 bits) my mouse stutters. Skipping every now and then, staying in one position while I move the mouse, etc. I do a lot of photo editing and it's really annoying and makes my work almost impossible. Hope someone can help me out. I already tried some stuff on...

Ok so I have been working on this all day yesterday and all day so far today. I have been on the phone with Nvidia Tech Support, Windows 7 Tech Support and Dell Tech Support. With Windows 7 Tech Support remotely accessing my computer trying to figure it out, but couldn't. Anyone who can solve...

Okay, I'm screw, ever since last night, my HP ask me (yes she did) if I want to switch my graphic (I have dual graphic one is intel and one is ATI mobility Radeon), I click okay to switch to power saving graphic intel, and so the screen blacks out. It never respond after black out, I made hard...

Hi, recently I've noticed that when I close my laptop that it won't go to sleep so when I went to change the "when lid closed" options in my power settings they wern't there. I also checked in the power button settings to the side. Any ideas as to why? Link Removed

Starting about 4 days ago my computer gave me a BSOD, and from then on it would hardlock (followed by a BSOD 2-4min later) approx. 1 hour from when I started it up. I tested/stress tested everything I could think of. I made sure my power settings didn't turn anything off. I used HD Tuner to...

im having trouble with my windows 7 computer, its not wanting to stay off once in sleep or hibernate mode. im having trouble diagnosing which piece of hardware (or software if possible) is causing my issue. can anyone help me? is there a program that can monitor my hardware and programs...

​I use file sharing with all my data files on my desktop. When my desktop goes to sleep I cannot access my data files from my wireless laptop. How can I wake up my desktop without going to the desktop and wiggling the mouse?

I have been experiencing BSOD for a while now. Everytime I close my laptop lid, it turns off after a few seconds because of the BSOD. My power settings are set to sleep when the lid is closed. SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED 0x0000007e Caused by driver: ntoskrnl.exe Caused by address...

I have been using sleep mode for a while. Until recently, I had to re-install my OS due to some troubleshooting and hardware issues. Now my PC won't wake up from sleep mode with the new install. She goes to sleep, and when I try to wake her up, she powers on, for like 2 seconds and then shuts...

System : - intel core i5 2500 @3.30 Mboard :- ASRock H61M/U3S3 Mem :- DDR3 2x2048 pc3-10700 (667 Mhz) Graphics :- Nvidia Gforce GTX 560 Ti Since getting my new computer i have had many different and varied blue screen crashes, I have since sent it back to the manufacturer who replace the memory...

Hello i have some issues with my wireless internet on my laptop when i play an online game, sometimes the internet disconnects I use a D-link router. I have tried to uncheck IPv6, and uncheck the 'Allow computer to turn off this device to save power'. I have an Intel R WiFi Link 5100 AGN and...

Hi folks, This week (possibly after an automatic upgrade), my Windows 7 PC changed its sleep behaviour. Previously, it would emerge from sleep mode without going to the login screen. As of ~4 days ago, it now does. I double-checked Power Options' Advanced Settings. For every power plan...