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

If your laptop is going to stay connected while asleep, that will drain your battery. Although unless there are active data ...

This guide shows how to shut down Windows using shutdown.exe and PowerShell, including options for timers, restarts, hibernation, shortcuts, and remote control.

Hibernate mode stores the current state of your computer and then shuts the machine completely down. When you power the device back on after putting it in hibernation, it will boot up in the same ...

You will need admin permission and enough knowledge to change settings in the BIOS. Windows stores the state of the computer or hibernation into a file with the name hiberfil.sys. It would be best to ...

If your Windows laptop overheats while in sleep mode, use the following steps to fix the issue. Before proceeding, I suggest you clean your laptop, as this issue may be caused by dust accumulating ...

Power management options on laptops often create problems for users. To aid you in your troubleshooting efforts, Faithe Wempen created a comprehensive checklist on such user complaints and offers some ...

Hibernation is a feature of Windows that doesn't power off your office computer but instead puts the computer in a suspended mode after saving any open documents and settings for retrieval later. You ...

Here's a strange one (I think): I've set up a Win 7 HP laptop for a friend. He's using a USB laptop cooler, and would like it to turn off when he puts the PC in Sleep mode. This wasn't happening, so I ...

Hiberfil.sys can use several GB of hard disk space. Delete the file, and it will likely return. Bill Detwiler explains how to get rid of it for good. In a previous TR Dojo Challenge question, I asked ...

Last month I explained how to shut down Windows 8, an option you wouldn’t expect to require step-by-step instruction. And yet. Why on earth would Microsoft remove this option? I have no idea. It ...