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 ...

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 ...

On Windows devices, the unanticipated waking of a PC from sleep mode is quite common. Sometimes, when you leave your workstation, you put your PC to sleep, but you still would want to keep the ...

QUESTION: I'm running a desktop PC with Windows 7, which I upgraded from Vista. When I put the computer in sleep mode, or when it goes there after long idle periods, the hard drive shuts down and the ...

Putting your PC to sleep is a great way to save energy while still making sure you can resume work quickly. But what can you ...

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 ...

10.11.x: if John is logged in with Put Computer to Sleep: Never and Jane is logged in with Put Computer to Sleep: 5 Minutes, and the computer is sitting at the login screen, what happens? How can I ...

Windows 11 (or 10) doesn't include an option to schedule an automatic shutdown of your computer, but it's possible to use ...

This has been bugging me- as the title states, I have the puter set to sleep after an hour of inactivity.<BR><BR>This works some of the time and not others, and invariably when it doesn't, the setting ...

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, ...

Here are seven ways to turn off your computer automatically. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Windows 11 (or 10) doesn't include ...