Windows 10 – How to stop laptop going to sleep when lid closed
By default Windows 10 will make a laptop computer to go sleep when the lid is closed. The following steps show how to change this, making it so the computer…
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Windows 10 – How to control hard drive power down
By default Windows 10 will power down hard drives after 20 minutes of inactivity (or if the computer is a laptop, 10 minutes when on battery). For solid state drives (SSD)…
Windows 10 – How to enable hibernate power option
By default Windows 10 offers sleep, shut down and restart power options from the start menu. The steps below show how to enable the hibernate option. Hibernate saves the current…
Windows 10 – How to auto log in (disable password) on wake up
By default when Windows 10 resumes from sleep mode a log in prompt is displayed, including a password prompt. If you do not have a password or do not want…
Windows 10 – How to set what happens when laptop lid closed
The following steps detail how to change what happens when a laptop lid is closed. This is normally handled as a 'sleep button' action, and by default will tell the…
Windows 10 – How to set what happens when power button pressed
The following steps detail how to change what happens when the power button is pressed. By default the power button will tell the computer to shut down, however this can…
Windows 8 – How to disable adaptive screen brightness
Windows 8 laptop users out there would be familiar with the auto-brightness 'feature'. The feature uses a light sensor to detect the brightness of the room and automatically adjust the…
Disable Locked Screen when resuming Windows 7
The standard configuration in Windows 7 allows your computer to go to sleep after 30 minutes of no activity, this is a power saving feature and not such a bad…