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there are other advance settings to fine tune that were no mentioned in the article - all of which will interfere with the desired power scheme.

the settings can contradict each other and a computer user will have to ensure that under each category of settings, one is enable and the other is disable "or" both are disabled.

how about instead of worring about if your computer is asleep or hibernating you just turn it off like normal people do.

then when you want to use it again you turn it on.

If your computer "takes to long" to turn off and back on then you need to pay some one to fix it for you or need to get a new one.

Well explained. Most people don't seem to know the difference between 'sleep' and 'hibernate' modes. Hence, have often seen coworkers walk around the office / outside with their laptop in 'sleep' mode (they prefer it because it gets them back to speed instantly). The thumb rule I use is, if I need to be away from my notebook for a short while (say, less than an hour) I put it in 'sleep' mode. But, if I plan to be away for longer (client meetings, etc.) I put it on 'hibernate' mode which saves more power though it may take a few more seconds to 'resume' Windows the next time. Personally, I would advise people not to tinker with the advanced settings which they wouldn't know much about anyway.

other problems you can have with 'sleep' mode on a laptop and it is not set to pass to 'hibernate' is if you unplug it, since it is still using a trickle of energy you could come back to a crash due to a dead battery, or if you put it in a travel bag for the trip home it could wake up inside the bag and fry due to no ventilation.

The article says that if a sleeping computer is unplugged (or frequent black-outs, where I live), that Windows will Crash.

How is that any different than if I'm using my computer & the power goes out? Worse? Same?

MLStrand56

GMNELSON2009, on 15 June 2012 - 03:13 PM, said:

"One problem with hybrid sleep: With this enabled, you can't manually hibernate the computer--the option will disappear from the Start menu."

I have hybrid sleep enabled, and I can hibernate the computer any time I want to. Under the advanced power settings, I went to the "power buttons and lid" line and set the power button action to hibernate. All I have to do is hit the keyboard power button, and I get immediate hibernation.

I created a batch file and corresponding shortcut to back-up my data to my external hard drive, then put the PC into sleep mode. I get the security of a data backup every day, and the convenience of a start up that takes just a few seconds, including login.

In addition to the Tuesday updates from MS, I run virus scans and CCleaner weekly, and after any of these, I reboot the PC. Clean, backed-up, and quick to start. Works great for my 2 home PCs.