Sleep mode is a low-power state designed to provide very fast resuming of a computer's operation, with minimal power consumption.
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Why OSX wakes up when I connect to power?
My system wakes up whenever I plugin my system to ac power. That is a really big inconvenience, since I hibernate my system usually. So a wake here means then system will turn on.
This happens ...
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Possible to selectively blacken out individual monitors?
Is there a way to somehow selectively "blank" or blacken an individual monitor while it's on through some type of "topical" solution?
I have three monitors, and sometimes I want to view solely on ...
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How does a Kindle (or iPad) know when I close the lid? [closed]
How does a Kindle (or iPad) go to sleep when I close the lid of the case? Does it just detect something like going into complete darkness, or is it related to the magnet?
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Does Dropbox sync when computer is asleep or locked?
I have some pretty big sync's to do, but I can't sit around my computer making sure it's awake and unlocked all day/night.
Does Dropbox sync when the computer is "Locked" or asleep?
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Should I uninstall the Intel graphics kernel mode driver?
My installation of Windows Vista says that the Intel graphics kernel mode driver is causing Windows to resume slowly and offers an option to remove it from the list.
I presume this would increase my ...
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“Put display to sleep” hot corner dims the keyboard
Does "put display to sleep" hot corner require some other specific settings? All hot corners work perfectly except for this one. Instead of putting the display to sleep it dims the keyboard.
What's ...
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Is it possible to enable a process to remain active during Windows sleep mode?
While the majority of processes are sleeping, can a selection of them continue to operate normally?
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How can I put a computer to sleep without login
How do I put the WINDOWS computer to sleep from the CTRL/ALT/DEL command log-in screen without having to enter my password and log-in? All the computers in our network must be password protected, and ...
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speeding up wakeup time / pauses with Windows 7 (64bit) on laptop
I'm looking both for some general advice, and any specific hints for my situation. (so please don't close as too localized, even the general advice is helpful)
General question:
I have a laptop, ...
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How to find out the time Linux machine have spent in sleep [duplicate]
Everyone knows that command uptime shows running time of Linux machine. Is there a similar command for sleep and/or hibernate mode? To be clear: I want to know wake up time of my system.
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Windows 7 Sleep issues - GPU dying?
My PC has been having issues coming out of sleep lately. I've searched most related topics around here but couldn't find an answer to completely relate to - although I tried some of the solutions ...
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MacBook Pro goes to sleep when phone is on it
I have a MacBook Pro 13" with Mountain Lion and sometimes when I place my phone on the computer (usually on the left of the trackpad) the computer goes to sleep with no reason. Although this does not ...
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Is there some way to tell if a Linux machine was woken up by wake-on-lan packet?
I'm looking for a way (programmatically or otherwise) to determine if my machine was woken up by WOL or not (let's say, a Ubuntu Server box).
This is sort of a two-fold question, where I want to know ...
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How do I make the computer ignor mouse input before going into sleep mode?
is it possible to make Windows 7 laptop go onto sleep mode even if there is mouse movement?
I want it to go to sleep after lets say 30 minutes if there is no keyboard input, but even if there is mouse ...
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How to enable different ACPI Sleep Modes with Asus UEFI BIOS
I'm using a new asus motherboard which supports ACPI 2.0a, and am running Windows 8. I'm trying to figure out how to maximize energy efficiency and component lifespan. This computer is only used for ...
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Computer gets stuck when going to sleep
Whenever my Windows 7 laptop goes to sleep (either by automatically going to sleep automatically or by telling it to) it gets stuck.
It doesn't go into sleep mode, the screen goes black and it shows ...
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Execute command after seconds (without sleep)
How can I run a command after X seconds without sleep. Or with sleep but without the shell just wait for the response of that command?
I use this but it not work
sleep 5 ; ls > a.txt
I need to ...
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Can I set a hibernation/sleep warning on my laptop
Is it possible to set a hibernation/sleep warning on a laptop like a count down or something?
I sometimes bring my laptop to work and access files off it through my work computer. It is sitting at the ...
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Scheduled tasks don't execute when initiated sleep from command line
I have the problem that scheduled tasks will only cause the pc to weak up from sleep, if the PC has been put to sleep with the GUI manually.
However if I use the command line to suspend the computer ...
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Scheduling a task before sleep in Windows 7 and hold off the sleep event until task runs
Note that this is different than the other questions I found (I did search), like: Is there any way to execute something when closing the laptop's lid?
I used the same trick of scheduling a task ...
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what is keeping my laptop from sleeping?
I have noticed that my windows 7 computer no longer activates the screensaver or enters sleep mode when left unattended. I have tried to use the command prompt to find out what is running and keeping ...
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Multiple Scheduled Wakes on Mac OS X
I have a crontab job scheduled to run every hour. I like to sleep and I also enjoy giving my macbook the same privileges. Unfortunately, cron does not execute when the system is asleep. Is there a way ...
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Why does my display remain blank (black..like disconnected to cpu) after being put in sleep mode?
After putting my laptop in sleep mode, there is completely blank screen (like display is not connected to cpu). I shut down my laptop and restart but my screen remains blank. Nothing shows on the ...
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Using sleep mode to trigger hybernate mode
I wanted to set up my computer so that if i put it in sleep for more then 20 min, it will go into hibernate mode automatically. My hope was to use some sort of event trigger on window's Event ...
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Computer Wakes Up From Sleepmode Unintentionally, Wake On LAN Has To Stay Enabled
I know this question has been asked several times, but I seem to have a special problem at hand. First, I will explain my setup and my needs. Second, I will try to give an overview of what I have ...
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Windows 8 Notebook doesn't stay awake, unable to turn off Sleep Mode [duplicate]
I have an ASUS Pro64JQ notebook, running Windows 8 Pro (64-bit).
Recently I noticed that it automatically goes to sleep mode after 5 minutes,
even when I turn sleep mode off in the power management ...
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Windows 7 Sleep With Network Availability?
Is it possible to adjust sleep mode so that I can continue to share files while Windows 7 is set to sleep? If so, what settings should I use?
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Weird monitor issues related to sleep
About a week ago, the monitor did not return when the system spooled up from sleep. Actually, the monitor still had a green (connected) lite and when you turned it off, and then back on again i would ...
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Diagnose slow wake up from sleep
My new work computer (Dell Precision T3600, 16GB RAM, SSD) running Windows 7 takes roughly 40 seconds to wake up from sleep mode.
How can I diagnose what's taking so long? And what can I do to reduce ...
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Does Windows use hybrid sleep by default?
I'm on Windows 7, and I've got "Enable hybrid sleep" set to "On" in the setting of my power plan.
Does it mean that Windows puts my computer into hybrid sleep mode every time I click "Sleep" in the ...
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How much safe is it to keep a desktop computer in sleep state overnight? [closed]
So far, I'm putting it into hibernate state overnight, but it takes way too much time to resume. Probably because of all the installed software and two virtual machines I'm constantly running on my ...
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Computer goes to sleep, then powers up
My computer with Windows 8 (x64) won't go to sleep. After I tell the computer to go to sleep the screen fades to black as expected, but just when the computer should "turn off", the fans speed up (as ...
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Windows 8 goes into sleep even if it's deactivated
I'm using Windows 8 Pro on my notebook. I set the energy settings to "sleep: never". Nevertheless the notebook goes into sleep mode after some minutes of inactivity. I don't have an external sleep ...
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Laptop won't sleep with 2nd hard drive
I have installed a 2nd hard drive into my laptop and now Windows 7 refuses to shutdown all or sleep all the way.
The screen goes black and the computer's fan just stays spinning and it never enters ...
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how to avoid Centos wifi network from going to sleep
I've installed Centos 6.3 on a home computer to act as a server to do use for tests, git and so on.
The server doesn't have access to a UTP connection so I've set it up to connect to my wifi network ...
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Mushkin SSD consistent crash when wake from sleep / hibernate
I have a 240GB Mushkin Chronos (MKNSSDCR240GB) that always crashes whenever waking from sleep mode.
It's installed in an Acer AOD250 running a fresh Windows 7 install.
I've talked to Mushkin support ...
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Computer hangs when resuming from sleep
My laptop (HP Pavilion g7-1075dx Fedora 17 64-bit) does not resume after I put it to sleep, about every third time. I can put it to sleep and wake it up two times or so, and the next time I try it, ...
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Why does my windows 7 go to sleep after two minutes regardless of power management settings? [duplicate]
My computer goes to sleep two minutes after being idle. I have checked power management options for unplugged and plugged settings and going to sleep, screen saver etc. are all put on never but it ...
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Windows 7 wakes immediately from sleep - no wake history
I have 64-bit Windows 7 Pro installed on a OCZ Vertex 3 SSD. The machine automatically wakes straight up from sleep, whether it happens when after the timeout set in power settings for sleep, or when ...
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Can't hibernate my Windows 8 system (Dell n5520 laptop)
I'm using Windows 8 on my Dell 5520 laptop, with a problem that has been happening for the past few days I can't hibernate my Laptop. When ever I do it, sometimes it shuts down my system and sometimes ...
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Wakeup PC upon mouse click but not mouse move
Can I differentiate between waking the Windows OS (Windows 7 and/or 8) from a mouse click vs mouse move? I only want the system to wake upon a click on the mouse but not when I move the mouse. I ...
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Windows 7 Sleep requires graphics driver?
I just freshly installed win7 64 bit. Before I installed the graphics driver (amd 6310), the sleep option was greyed out. But after I installed, i could sleep. Why does this occur?
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Windows 8 screen turn off and doesn't turn on when in activity
I've just bought my laptop with windows 8 64-bits pre-installed.
The laptop is fast, and the operating system works (almost) perfectly.
What is happening is that if I stop using the laptop for a ...
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W8 Disabling Corporate Security Policies
On my home PC I installed W8 several months ago - no problems. When I used the metro/tile interface to access my exchange mail account I was forced to accept a security policy from my employer (I ...
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VNC Won't wake up my windows 7 laptop
I have a laptop running windows 7. It is running realVNC server. I have a mac that I want to use to connect to it. When the PC is awake, it works fine. However, when the PC is asleep, the viewer just ...
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Windows Sleep Mode - Hardware not booting up
I have a problem with my computers. It's mainly on my ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1215n Laptop, but other people I know have said that this happens to them too.
Sometimes when I wake up my laptop, it turns ...
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Using the taskkill command with a timer?
I using a custom .bat file that closes my chrome browser, but can't seem to find information on what syntax I need to add in order for the process to end after a given amount of time. Can anyone, at ...
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Laptop does not go to sleep
I have a Sony Vaio, SVE14A2V1RP, with Windows 8 pre-installed; went legacy / disabled Secure Boot, erased everything and installed Windows 7. Everything works just fine, except the laptop does not go ...
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Have computer only go to sleep (or turn off monitors) when video isn't playing?
Is it possible to have my computer shut off its monitors or go to sleep after say 5 minutes, but only if video is not playing?
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No Hybrid Sleep in Windows 8?
As you can see below, there is no hybrid sleep option like there is in Windows 8. Is it enabled by default with sleep or hibernation or is it gone entirely?
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