Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: In the last few days, no more than a couple of weeks, this problem has appeared: When I put the computer to ...

Wake timers are scheduled events (usually via the Windows Task Scheduler) that can wake up the PC from sleep/hibernate to run ...

You can set your computer's hibernation time in Windows 11's Control Panel under Power Options. Before you can do that, you might need to enable the hibernate mode ...

If you find yourself returning to a fully-drained Windows 11 PC after putting it into sleep mode, consider switching to ...

If Windows 11/10 is not locking on sleep, execute the solutions mentioned below. If the sleep function is unreliable, we can use the screen saver to enforce a lock. This will ensure that the PC ...

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 ...

Windows7, 64. When I built the computer (a month ago), it would enter sleep, but something happened since then, and now it refuses. Have checked all power plan options, made sure the lan controller is ...