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

Blogger Andrew Escobar describes a Mac hack that can take advantage of Mac's new Safe Sleep functionality. While Mac users have enjoyed the quick luxury of Sleep mode for some time, Macs have lacked a ...

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 ...

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 ...

I’m not answering a reader question this time; just passing on some useful information. You can save power by setting up your Windows PC to go into sleep mode (called Standby in XP) after so many ...

When I came home last night, I thought my previously healthy Windows 7 machine was dead. It was making a horrendous squeal and refused to reboot multiple times. Turns out it was asleep. I’m not sure ...

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 ...

I'm assuming you've done the requisite googling so i didn't bother. I had a look at what events i could find in .net, since i had the help open, and services are notified of all power event changes.