It may be tempting to leave your PC on overnight. After all, it can go into sleep mode, which should theoretically limit its ...

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 ...

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 ...

Windows 7 Sleep mode stores open data in system memory and places your computer into a power-saving state. If you regularly alternate between computer and hands-on work at your business, your computer ...

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 ...

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 ...

Does the display of your computer turn on all of a sudden? No matter how often you put it to sleep, it always wakes up. Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer Sleep state is built such that only if it’s ...

Q: It seems that turning a computer on and off would be more wearing on the machine than simply using standby mode to let the computer sleep when not in use. Is there a preferred setup that maximizes ...

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, ...

I like it when my 16" 2019 MBP goes to sleep when I close the lid. There's a setting for it under Battery -> Power Adapter. That's great. There is. No such setting under Battery -> Battery, however.

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 ...