I'm sure you've heard that shutting down your computer too frequently could negatively affect its software and limit its lifespan. Or that leaving your computer on all the time also hurts its battery ...

Are you having trouble waking up your computer in Sleep Mode? In this troubleshooting guide, we’ll show you all the known solutions for this problem. What is Sleep Mode in Windows? The Windows ...

Sleep mode is a handy function that enables your computer to shut down its display after a period of inactivity. It saves your battery and you can resume your work from where you left off by waking up ...

If your laptop is going to stay connected while asleep, that will drain your battery. Although unless there are active data transfers running, this isn't usually an issue. When this works correctly, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The following fixes will help you resolve the problem if your Windows 11/10 computer restarts after Sleep or whenever you try to put it to Sleep. Check if Hybrid Sleep is activated on your computer.

Deciding whether to shut down or sleep a computer has been a long-debated question in the annals of PC history. Some users argue that restarting the computer too often can damage the components and ...

It comes down to whether you want to save 90 odd per cent or 100 per cent of the computer's power overnight. Computers in sleep mode usually use less than 10% of the energy they do when they're ...

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 ...