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Can I create/save a hybernation state to recover from *without* actually hibernating?
I'd like to be able to have my computer resume to it's last state (open programs etc) in the event of a forced or unintended power-off without having to actually hibernate or hybrid-sleep my machine.
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MacBook Pro running Windows 7 trouble sleeping
I have Windows 7 on my bootcamp partition and everything was working fine until now... now, when I close the lid, the computer doesn't go to sleep completely (fans are running)... when I reopen it, ...
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Moving the mouse whilst putting computer to sleep hangs
I use Windows 8. When I hit the "sleep" button in the start menu, then wait until it has fully gone to sleep, then I can move the mouse to wake it back up again.
If I move the mouse during the ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cannot login after resuming from sleep
I am using Windows 8 64bit. My computer is Toshiba R830.
I have found that when I make the computer sleep and resume from sleep, I cannot login using the password. Having resumed from sleep, at the ...
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Force computer to sleep
I plays songs and I want to force the computer to sleep after 15 minutes. If I'm playing a song the default sleep when Idle after x minutes does not work. Is it possible to force the computer to ...
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Why won't my computer go to sleep automatically?
Windows 8 is set to sleep after 30 mins, and it used to work, but recently it's started refusing to sleep. (I can still manually ask it to go to sleep without any issue.)
I was having issues a ...
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How does waking from sleep mode work?
After thinking about it for quite some time, I cannot figure out what process intercepts the click of the mouse or press of a key to bring a sleeping computer back to life.
You can control what ...
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Windows 7 “Save as” dialog waking up all HDDs
My OS is running from SSD.
Recently I've moved my often used data also onto SSD to avoid unnecessary spinning and noise of my other standard HDD.
This HDD is put to sleeping mode after 10 minutes of ...
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Windows 7 - all usb devices go to sleep im idle mode
A strange thing happened after a few updates to the system:
Intel rapid storage
SSD firmware update
Intel Ethernet adapter update
GPU Intel update
When the computer turns off the screen (after 5 ...
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laptop stored in sleep mode battery died and now won't boot up windows 7
I have a Windows 7 system that I accidentally stored in sleep mode and the battery went dead. Now the PC won't start up or initiate boot sequence (on battery or plugged in). Does anyone know how to ...
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Windows 8- sleep mode is drive ON?
Does HDD in Sleep mode under Windows 8 still spins - as it's saves your RAM into HDD?
I'm concerned about hdd when carrying laptop around in a bag when it's in sleep mode.
Or it is Hibernate which ...
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What is the actual command Windows 8 uses to put the computer into Sleep mode?
shutdown.exe shortcuts work just fine to do Shutdown and Restart:
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t 00
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /r /t 00
I don't want to do Hibernate, but I would like ...
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Windows sluggish after resuming from hybrid sleep
Whenever I turn my Windows 7 x64 back on from hybrid sleep after power loss, it becomes really unresponsive and reads from the HDD a lot. It can take even 10 minutes for the programs to return to ...
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Windows 8 black screen after waking from sleep
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The problem, when I trying to "awake" PC from sleep or hibernate (which running OS Windows 8 X64 Pro) getting black screen (Actually sometimes it awakes normally. But I can't figure out ...
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My PC has a black screen and the CPU power switch light is flashing
I kept my computer on but in sleep mode and went somewhere and when I returned, my monitor has a black screen and the CPU switch button's light was flashing.
I have an HP computer and Asus ...
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Can a Windows PC do anything while it is sleeping?
I heard that OS X Mountain Lion on a Mac has a feature called Power Nap :
With Power Nap, your Mac sleeps but your applications stay up to date. So you have the latest information — such as mail, ...
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Why wont the Computer monitor turn on after Windows Sleeps?
Whenever I sleep my computer (Sony VAIO F11JFX/B), when I turn it back on sometimes the screen won't turn on with it. I can use the computer but no screen.
I tried pressing the Display On/Off ...
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Windows 7 laptop: I don't want it to sleep or hibernate or logout
I've recently purchased a Windows 7 laptop. While I am a technical user, I am really not familiar with Windows.
Since I do run a lot of long (8-12 h) processes (scientific experiments) I want the ...
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System connected to UPS goes to sleep short time after power is lost
I have a Win7 x64 system connected to the UPS. The UPS is capable of maintaining the system power for about 30 minutes. After I have connected the UPS, I have verified this by disconnecting the power ...
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How can I remotely test if a machine is hibernated/asleep?
I'd like to be able to test if a remote Windows machine is asleep or not. Whether this is suspend or hibernate doesn't matter. I was originally trying to do this with a ping, but I would think that ...
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Does shutting down regularly harm laptop or Windows? [closed]
I usually work with my laptop and always shut it down for studying or doing other works (for half hour to two hours, about 6 times/day). Is this harmful?
What is my best choice? Putting it to sleep, ...
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Windows 7 wake from sleep and UTC?
I've been having problems with windows 7 waking from sleep after one minute or so on my laptop. I also have ArchLinux installed on this computer. A while back I tried a registry tweak to get windows ...
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Should I ever put my computer in sleep mode? [closed]
Besides the cost of electricity, is it detrimental if a computer never goes into sleep mode? Obviously, servers are running 24/7, but is it different for a personal computer?
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Windows wakes up my external hard-drive whenever a software opens directory tree
I have two different external USB hard-drives which goes to sleep mode when not used for a while.
When any software program (or I, myself) opens directory tree, open/save dialog box or my computer ...
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Stop programs from starting with Windows when it wakes up from sleep
I know that MSConfig is used to check and prevent programs from starting up (from boot), as explained in the answers to this question, but I want to know how to check the programs that open when my ...
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What is the difference between Sleep and Standby modes? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the difference between (these four) sleep states?
What are the sleep modes and standby modes in Windows?
How can you differentiate them?
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Windows 7 does not 'wake up' from Sleep mode
I'm new to Windows 7, so I don't know if this is normal.
When the computer is idle for 30 minutes, the screen goes black and no key pressing or mouse movement will bring the computer out of standby. ...
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Windows 7 Laptop Randomly Sleeping
I'm running Windows 7 64-bit on a Lenovo laptop, and I have a problem wherein after I've put it to 'sleep' once, it will seemingly without any reason or warning go back to sleep every 10 to 15 minutes ...
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My homebuilt computer can't awake from sleep mode
So I decided to build my own computer about 3 weeks ago. Everything went smooth however I noticed a pretty nasty issue when the computer goes to sleep.
Indeed when it goes to sleep for more than ...
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My laptop doesn't turn off, and doesn't wake up after sleep
I recently bought a Lenovo V570 laptop and installed Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 on it. I've found that whenever I turn the laptop off, the screen turns off but the laptop is still turned on; I ...
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How to set Windows not to prompt for password on resume from sleep
My friend wants to make it so he only has to input his password on his laptop when he turns on the computer and logs into it. He wants to make it so if he closes his computer and it goes into sleep or ...
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Windows 7 stopped waking up from sleep all of a sudden
I have been using Windows 7 64 bit for a few months now.
My niece has been visiting and playing on the computer. Yesterday, when i pressed my keyboard button, it did not wake up from sleep. It ...
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What is the mechanism whereby a Windows machine 'knows' it is returning from sleep or hibernation?
I have a problem where my Vista machine will not return from sleep or hibernation. This made me realize I have no idea of the mechanism involved. Searching has bought no results.
Could this be a ...
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How to automatically make my PC sleep and wake up?
I have a laptop back home with Windows Vista installed.
I want my computer to fall asleep automatically at 01:30 AM and wake up at 06:30 AM.
I have tried a lot, but making a .bat file which makes it ...
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Windows Laptop not directly waking up from sleep and hibernation
I have an Acer laptop (Extensa 4420) on which I installed Windows 7 a while ago.
It recently developed a problem where it often doesn't directly wake up from sleep or hibernation.
Instead, it takes ...
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Sleep uses more power than I expect
When my new Dell laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium and 4GB RAM sleeps (not when it hibernates), it will drain the battery overnight.
My old Dell laptop with XP Pro (2 GB RAM) could sleep for days ...
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Troubleshooting a Windows 7 PC that wouldn't sleep
I have a new Windows 7 PC that wouldn't sleep (not just automatically, but also when specifically told to). The screen goes black momentarily, but within two seconds the machine comes back as if ...
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How can I make my external monitor the default monitor for games?
When I boot into Windows on my Macbook Pro, I am unable to make the external monitor the default monitor.
So when I play games full screen, they automatically open up on my laptop monitor. I want ...
