Whether your office uses desktop computers or laptops, establishing a sleep and shutdown setting can help you save money -- especially in offices where you have multiple computers running and drawing ...

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 ...

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 ...

After your computer goes into sleep mode, it's supposed to wake up within seconds once you press a key or move your mouse. When your computer won't come out of sleep mode, the problem could be caused ...

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 ...

Shutting down your PC at the end of the day has advantages and disadvantages. Here's what every computer owner should know. If you use your computer daily, you likely either put it into sleep mode or ...

There's more (and less) going on than you might expect.

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 ...

Automatic sleep mode can often be very useful in helping you conserve battery life when you walk away from your computer and forget to turn it off. It's also great if you want to briefly leave your ...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11’s long‑running sleep problem is finally being fixed, promising an end to the battery drain that has hit many laptops left in standby. A new power-saving rule in ...

Windows PCs have a Lockout feature which makes sure that your PC is locked or goes to Sleep when left unattended. If you have set up a Password or Pin or any other form of lock, you will be asked to ...