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While I'm downloading a large file on Windows 7 using Google Chrome, my computer goes to sleep. I could obviously set the computer to not sleep at all (or change the interval before the computer sleeps).

What I want to know is: Is there a way to make Windows 7 not sleep as long as a download is in progress? (perhaps when any network activity is going on?). I've looked in the Advanced Power settings, and haven't seen any obvious setting.

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Check this tool: Insomnia which prevent the computer from going into sleep mode while the program is open. Frankly, none of the 3 answers posted before are helpful.

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This program does exactly what @Ozan's answer suggests doing. Thanks! – Jason Sundram Nov 2 '09 at 14:40
Superb, exactly what I was after. Thank you. – Charles Roper May 8 '11 at 20:21
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It is the duty of the downloading program to reset the system idle timer by calling SetThreadExecutionState with ES_SYSTEM_REQUIRED.

You didn't say what program you use for downloading, the first thing to check is whether the program supports it.

Maybe you are lucky filing a bug/feature request at google code

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Thanks, Ozan, I've updated the question with the program I'm using (Google Chrome). – Jason Sundram Aug 5 '09 at 3:21
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FlashGet has the option to put the PC in sleep mode after all downloads complete.

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Thanks, John T. That's a good partial solution. I was hoping for a solution that would work if there were other kinds of network traffic going on, too (scp, ssh). – Jason Sundram Aug 5 '09 at 2:31
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Your best bet would be to file a Chrome bug or send a feature request (although they probably won't listen to the latter). Chrome is still a relatively young browser, and I wouldn't expect Google to have though of minute details like this.

Otherwise, no, there is no global option to do this in Windows, and I doubt there is a utility to do what you want, although maybe something will pop up.

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Thanks musicfreak. I guess the thing to do is to pull the source for Chromium and make the change myself. But I can be lazy sometimes. – Jason Sundram Aug 5 '09 at 3:37
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" AMP WinOFF " is the best solution I've found It can autoshutdown at certain conditions u specify e.g. CPU load, network activity ....etc

here it is : http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Launchers-Shutdown-Tools/AMP-WinOFF.shtml

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