ZDNET's key takeaways Windows has a ton of keyboard shortcuts for helpful actions in Windows 11.Most people only know the ...

Sometimes you just want Windows to shut down. But instead of shutting down quickly, the system seems to ponder, blocked by ...

We here at TUAW are suckers for productive shortcuts, and since yesterday's System Preferences tip was such a hit, I thought I'd post a few shortcuts to speed up the Sleep, Restart and Shut Down ...

In this article we will show you how to create a desktop shortcut to activate the standby mode of Windows 7. To add a desktop shortcut to put your computer to sleep on Windows 7: ...

To set the sleep timer on Windows 10, you'll need to open the "Power & Sleep" menu. The sleep timer in Windows 10 controls how long your PC needs to sit idle before it'll go into its power-saving ...

Now using Vista, Aung Kyaw Moe misses XP’s keyboard shortcuts for shutting down, rebooting, and hibernating a computer. Before I answer the question, let me satisfy any XP users who are wondering ...

Windows: Super Sleep is a system tray app that puts your monitor to sleep with a key command, and keeps it from waking up until you enter another. Whether you want a little extra security or you're ...

After reading my tip about creating a shutdown shortcut, Dan Sweet asked for one that will hibernate his PC. 12/20: Reader g.swett and Venkatesan Sundaram caught errors in the commands below. I have ...

When I place my new Compaq Windows 7 PC into Sleep mode, does the hard drive stop or continue spinning? Is there any long-term harm in putting a PC into Hibernate mode? Richard.Longridge, by email ...