sleep mode

I constantly have to wrestle with Sleep Mode. Even though my Power Setting are correctly set there's always something else, a software, a hardware, a drivers, etc, that disturb those settings and prevent them from functioning correctly. One day everything works and the next day my PC doesn't go...

Out of the box, Windows 11 ships with defaults that favour convenience, energy efficiency, and telemetry-driven features — but those same defaults can make a new PC feel noisy, slow, or invasive. This piece explains six specific settings that are worth turning off (or at least reconfiguring) on...

Managing power and sleep settings in Windows 11 is essential for optimizing your device's performance and energy efficiency. By customizing these settings, you can extend battery life, reduce energy consumption, and tailor your system's behavior to your preferences. Accessing Power and Sleep...

Power management has always been a defining feature of the Windows ecosystem, shaping user experiences from desktop workstations to mobile laptops. With the continual evolution of Windows 11, Microsoft has foregrounded energy efficiency, user customization, and device longevity in its power...

Hi. If anybody could take a look I would be very grateful. This started a few months ago, when Chrome and Brave browsers regularly would close, if my computer went to sleep. Everytime I woke it up the browsers would be closed. A month ago I resintalled Windows 11 as I thought that would fix it...

Have you ever experienced the mystifying sound of a notification beep coming from your computer—even when it should be sound asleep? Although it may seem like your device has a mind of its own, this annoying behavior is often rooted in misconfigured power settings or background processes that...

Windows 11 has embraced energy efficiency with an array of power-saving modes designed to fit different usage needs. With Sleep, Hibernate, and Hybrid Sleep options at your fingertips, knowing which mode fits your workflow is key to balancing performance, convenience, and battery life. In this...

Waking your Windows machine from sleep or hibernation should ideally bring it right back to life as if it were taking a quick nap. But what happens if your computer wakes up, and suddenly, it's like it's developed selective hearing—or no hearing at all? If you've found yourself staring at a...

In a world where 'turn it off and back on' is nearly a mantra for troubleshooting tech, a recent experiment shared through XDA Developers caught my attention. The author, braving the technological taboo, decided to leave their Windows 11 laptop running for three months straight. The result...

Ah, sleep mode — that comforting blanket of power-saving goodness that allows us to take a break without completely shutting down our beloved machines. But what’s actually happening under the hood each time your shiny Windows PC drifts into slumber? Let’s dive deep into the intricacies of this...

I had my old C: HHD drive replaced by an SSD, and moved to D: A new copy of Windows 10 was installed by the computer shop. Although I never used my D: drive since then, Windows 10 reads it upon waking from sleep for a few minutes - even when the drive was disabled and the drive letter removed as...

I have a windows laptop being used in clamshell mode with external monitor. After i sent it to sleep when i try ti wake it up with mouse movement its not waking like macbook. Saw online videos to change setting in device manager>mice settings>power management But i do not have power management...

While it is true my experience in computers goes back to the bad old analog days from 1960 and then after upgrading to digital sometime in 1968, when I left the Air Force, I finished my BSEE/Computer Science degrees. Then, 33 years later I retired to laptops and yard work. While this preamble...

I'm running the latest version of Windows 11. I run a few Rainmeter Gadgets too. Particularly the CPU Usage gadget. I have my computer set up to turn off the display after a certain amount of time. Then the display turns back on when I move the mouse. Lately when it starts back up the CPU...

In a multimonitor system, I would like to be able to put 2 monitors to sleep while keeping the third awake. Computer will still be active to show something on the third screen. Please don't misunderstand me. I mean that when I don't use the mouse or the keyboard for a while, two of the monitors...

Hi there. I was trying to figure out why my PC woke woke up from sleep and/or restarted. i ran the 'systeminfo' command and saw that the system boot time happened last night so it must have happened without my intervention. i then checked the event viewer and saw that a 'servicing' event...

When my PC emerges from sleep mode, I am confronted first with a Microsoft Spotlight screen, followed by a login screen. The latter is just a button labeled "Login". I would like to bypass these screens and go straight to my home desktop screen. I've tried the Lockscreen options under...

Hi Guys, This is my first post! Before I begin I have done some reading up on this issue but not found a solution specific to my problem. My kids had a PlayStation 4 which packed up last month. Instead of buying them a new PlayStation (I refuse to pay playstations ridiculous prices for their...

Howdy Folks! Running a Dell XPS 9710 + Windows 10. I have power management setup the way I’d like except when the computer sleeps, all of my open apps close. I have Hibernate set to never forget brother Batter and AC (although the battery option doesn’t give allow for never, I just have a high...

I got a brand new keyboard and decided to disable the keyboard on my laptop. I saw a tutorial telling me to go to gpedit.msc then go to administrative templates-->system-->device manger and disable smth from there then go to the actual decvice manager and uninstall standard ps2 keyboard. It...