If you have noticed, your monitor turns off after a few minutes of inactivity. Now, that’s not Sleep Mode. Since the Display consumes a lot of power, turning off the screen is the first step Windows ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: In the last few days, no more than a couple of weeks, this problem has appeared: When I put the computer to ...

If your computer is consistently going into sleep mode even when you don't want it to, it can be frustrating and disrupt your workflow. This issue can be caused by a variety of factors, including ...

You can set your computer's hibernation time in Windows 11's Control Panel under Power Options. Before you can do that, you might need to enable the hibernate mode ...

To set the sleep timer on Windows 10, you'll need to open the "Power & Sleep" menu. The sleep timer in Windows 10 controls how long your PC needs to sit idle before it'll go into its power-saving ...

A: Typically, if a computer enters sleep mode but wakes up soon after, then a program or peripheral device (i.e. printer, mouse, keyboard, etc.) is most likely causing it to do so. This is because ...

If you find that your Windows 11 PC keeps entering sleep mode too quickly and disrupts your workflow, you may want to disable the sleep feature. Disabling sleep mode in Windows 11 is a simple process, ...

A: Most Windows machines allow for three means of system-based slumber: Sleep Mode, Hibernation Mode and Full Shutdown Mode. Sleep and Hibernate Modes are both settings aimed at keeping your sessions ...

Microsoft's default settings for Windows are designed to be helpful to the average person, but that's exactly what makes the defaults so unusable for most people. Because not one of us is average, and ...

If your Keyboard and Mouse do not respond after waking your Windows computer from Sleep Mode, then this post is sure to help you. Some users have reported that their keyboards and mice do not respond ...

Q: I can't make my computer go to sleep. I did the same selections that I have on my laptop, but my desktop keeps starting back up after I put it to sleep. — Guy C., Covington, Louisiana A: That’s a ...