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 ...

If your computer is consistently going into sleep mode even when you don't want it to, it can be frustrating and disrupt your workflow. This issue can be caused by a variety of factors, including ...

If you find that your Windows 11 PC keeps entering sleep mode too quickly and disrupts your workflow, you may want to disable the sleep feature. Disabling sleep mode in Windows 11 is a simple process, ...

Need to quickly turn on your PC from another room in your house? With Wake-on-LAN, you can. Here's how to set it up and why ...

Sleep mode is a handy function that enables your computer to shut down its display after a period of inactivity. It saves your battery and you can resume your work from where you left off by waking up ...

If you have a dual monitor setup and the second monitor goes to sleep automatically without any sign to wake up, this article could be handy. Here are some of the tips to get rid of such problems – no ...

Sometimes my computer just doesn't want to stay asleep. I can hit the sleep button, see the screen go black, hear the fans stop spinning, and still be woken up by blinding lights in the middle of the ...

The phrase “you’re doing it wrong” can apply to just about anything. For me, it’s cooking an egg soufflé (too much mixing), cross-country skiing (not enough glide), and—worst of all—cranking on a ...

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 ...

I cannot recall how long ago I set that up; certainly when I get up in the AM the computer is asleep.<BR><BR>So the question is - how can cron jobs run properly if you set up your computer to sleep?

If you’ve got Windows 10 on your laptop, you may have noticed that it doesn’t ask you to sign in after you wake it up by lifting the screen. For a bucketful of security-related reasons, that’s far ...