standby mode

While computer enthusiasts looking for the latest technology from Intel are no doubt frothing at the mouth about the recent Ivy Bridge developments, the successor to the Ivy Bridge is ambitious in scope. With most laptops now being shipped with Sandy Bridge architecture (native USB3...

KAR Energy Software is a freeware app for Windows which lets you to reduce the consumption while using the desktop or laptop. PC is one of the power consuming devices if not optimized for best usage. This tool automatically starts with Windows start up and optimizes the PC for power...

The question has come to me in the past: A distant relic of a time gone by. But today, it is a featured story on both Link Removed and Link Removed. This is an age old question for computer users by now, and especially technicians.Mr. Link Removed from PCWorld writes: Most consumer computers...

I recently published a commentary/news video listed here about Windows 8 boot times. People have been arguing ever since. One guy even claims he hasn't updated his computer ever since installing Windows 7 to improve his boot time. Too bad he has missed out on stability and reliability...

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 leave my computer on at home so I can remote desktop into it when I'm out at work or in the library. Recently after upgading to Windows 7 Pro, I'm seeing this problem. The remote desktop works when I'm out, but when I get home, my computer's unaccessible. Both my monitors (i run a dual...

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...

I have a problem that I hope someone here will be able to solve. My son managed to hit the standby button on my keyboard while i was working. The computer shutdown and now when i press the standy button to start-up windows again I get nothing. The harddrive and fans turn on but i doesn't seem...

OK, this has been bothering me for a while... I have an ASUS P5N7A-VM, latest BIOS, nothing OC'd, no add-in cards, no USB peripherals other than a Logitech MX510 mouse (using the built-in Windows driver). The board has NVIDIA GeForce 9300/nForce 730i chipset and I'm using the onboard...

Here's the skinny: I downloaded the RC over the summer to try it out, alongside linux mint. I like it so much that I've decided to abandon the linux distro for now and let Windows 7 take over my whole hard drive. The one thing remaining before falling in love is the lack of standby mode. The...

Every since I installed Windows 7 every lets say 10-20 minutes, one of my two monitors (have two monitors side by side) Will flash black into standby mode as if its lots the signal for about 4 seconds then comes right back on. this happens to both of my monitors but never at the same times. I...

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...

The following is an instruction on how to have some semblance of a Power Management group policy in an environment operating under Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Unfortunately, the Power Management options in XP, as opposed to Vista, are stored in binary files, thereby making it difficult...