Most Windows Vista computers are configured to go into Sleep mode after a certain amount of idle time. Sleep mode is the new low-power state that Vista uses to replace the confusing Standby and ...

Q: I have a desktop with Windows 10 Home and every day between 4 and 5 p.m. it will wake up from sleep mode and it will not go back to sleep unless I put it back in that mode. Any ideas what may be ...

When we don’t want to shut down our system because we are leaving the system for a short period, the best option is to put your computer to Sleep. However, the Sleep option is missing for some users ...

Some people have reported problems with their Macs not going to sleep immediately when they set them to do so. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to ...

My Windows 10 computer has decided it's not going to go to sleep automatically. The only thing I've installed recently is the software for my Corsair Mechanical keyboard (iCue). You'd think, though, ...

Windows7, 64. When I built the computer (a month ago), it would enter sleep, but something happened since then, and now it refuses. Have checked all power plan options, made sure the lan controller is ...

The quiet box on your desk or in the living room, that thing that helps you work and buy airline tickets and watch funny clips on YouTube - it's burning through fossil fuels, too. The tools to slow ...

Q: For the past year or so, at bedtime, I place my computer (Dell Inspiron running Windows 10) in sleep mode after closing all active programs. Occasionally, the computer turns itself on in the middle ...

Several colleges say they expect to realize significant energy-cost savings -- at the expense of minor inconvenience to computer users -- simply by enabling the power-saving “sleep” feature on ...