I’m not answering a reader question this time; just passing on some useful information. You can save power by setting up your Windows PC to go into sleep mode (called Standby in XP) after so many ...

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 ...

Last month I explained how to shut down Windows 8, an option you wouldn’t expect to require step-by-step instruction. And yet. Why on earth would Microsoft remove this option? I have no idea. It ...

When I came home last night, I thought my previously healthy Windows 7 machine was dead. It was making a horrendous squeal and refused to reboot multiple times. Turns out it was asleep. I’m not sure ...

I'm assuming you've done the requisite googling so i didn't bother. I had a look at what events i could find in .net, since i had the help open, and services are notified of all power event changes.

If you are concerned about the fact that the Windows 11/10 Start Menu always opens up after your computer comes out of Sleep Mode or Hibernation, know that this is the intended behavior and you have ...

okay so I put my new computer to sleep.<BR><BR>Windows 7, start menu -> power -> sleep.<BR><BR>It initially sat there with no power lights except the steady blinking of the external blue power one (I ...

You will need admin permission and enough knowledge to change settings in the BIOS. Windows stores the state of the computer or hibernation into a file with the name hiberfil.sys. It would be best to ...