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 ...

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The quiet box on your desk or in the living room, that thing that helps you work and buy airline tickets and watch funny clips on YouTube - it's burning through fossil fuels, too. The tools to slow ...

QUESTION: I'm running a desktop PC with Windows 7, which I upgraded from Vista. When I put the computer in sleep mode, or when it goes there after long idle periods, the hard drive shuts down and the ...

Question: When I am through using my desktop PC should I shut it down, put it to sleep or leave it on? I have been told by PC people at Hewlett Packard to shut the thing down when I get through using ...

There are few certainties in life: Death, taxes, and turning your computer off and on when there’s a problem. This advice is usually the first tip you get from friends, family, and tech support.

If your Windows 11/10 computer doesn’t sleep on its own or shuts down after manually going to sleep, here are some suggestions to help you resolve the issue: Check External USB devices connected to ...

Are you having trouble waking up your computer in Sleep Mode? In this troubleshooting guide, we’ll show you all the known solutions for this problem. What is Sleep Mode in Windows? The Windows ...

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 ...