How is windows' standby made helpful to us?
605953
You can go for standby mode if you are going for some work and want quick on after you come back. when you come back and make it on it will start quicky from where you have left. no tme wastage in starting . less power consume in standby mode and it look that system is off.
164324
Yes. Easy. Go to  the energy saver in system preferences and regulate the turn off time there.
922057
Best to turn off for a number of reasons.\n\nSave electricity\nProlong life of components within the computer\nCertain items will need refreshing which is done during reboot\n\nI'm in charge of a PVC mixing plant, the control PC's that handle large amounts of information the automated operations are on most of the time because they are needed for production.  With time they slow down until a point comes where it is unbearably slow and the operator decides to reboot, which resolves the problem.\n\nMore chance for hackers to gain access if you are connected to net.\n\nWithin my company all non productive computers must be switched off since if left on and unattended they can be fire hazards\n\netc etc
835541
You don't need a key programmed. Just a one time deal: Go to Control Panel, Power Options and set the time you want your comp to go on stand by and you have it.
33211
right click on desktop > properties > screen saver > power...\n\nYou can change your standby settings from there.
814802
In hibernation mode the complete current image in the system's RAM is saved into your hard-disk and the machine shuts down completely. Next time you start your machine it just brings the saved image from the hard-disk to the RAM... its very fast since no bootup procedures are required and you get the screen filled with the last state before hibernation.\n\nIn Standby mode the machine is not shutdown (although the monitor switches off), it keeps the RAM alive by refreshing it with low amount of current. When you awake the system from stand-by mode it just switches on the required hardware and again you get the screen filled with the last state before stand-by.\n\nYou can not perform scheduled activities like upgrades etc, if you opt for hibernation but is possible under stand-by.
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It´s ´probably just going into "Stand By" or you need more time in your energy savings config. \n\nGo to Start> Control Panel> Display >Screen Saver> click on the energy saver button> there is a combo box that says turn off monitor change that to 10 minutes or 15 whatever you like.\n\nThis gives you more time to levae the computer an d the monitor won´t go off.\n\nhope it helps
756312
I think you computer went into stand-by mode. To disable standby, Go to Start>Control Panel>Power Options.\n\nUnder Power Options properties, set power schemes to 'Always On'. You shouldn't have anymore problem after doing this.
104131
While you put your pc on a standby the operating system tries to deactivate various hardware devices such as your lan card or your video card, in order to save electricity. When you wake your computer from a standby, if the operating system fails to restore communication with the deactivated hardware (purely due to inability of the hardware to wake up from a standby) then the entire system enters an endless loop of trying to communicate with the hardware but without response. hence the entire system restarts. In order to solve the problem, update your drivers to all your hardware devices. OR in you device manager, if there is an option disable switching off the hardware during a standby. Hope this helps.
400383
Sounds like you are talking about the USB port and USB devices. Windows comes with a USB connection detection software that notifies the user when a device is plugged into, or unplugged from, a USB port.  That is so that people will know when a device is working and when it is not.
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honestly, in terms of today's technology, it really doesn't matter at all.  Many times, people are worried that keeping it on will wear out the components, and sometimes that turning it back on will shock the components too much.  If you're buying a new computer every 4-5 years, it really does not matter
497407
Off of coure is it's for hours but for short piorod's of time it wont hurt to leave it on. But even you computer needs it's sleep some times it will help it! Just like sleep hepls you! Plus you save on your power bill!
1029424
You'll have to wait for it to go to standby before resuming to windows. You can't stop it immediately after pressing the standby button. You can deactivate the standby button, though. Go to control panel and look for keyboard.\n\nI like your site. I will go there often.
1186804
not necessarily its used for avoiding DAMN BURN INS....for crt monitors...its more effiecient if you use POWER SAVING OPTIONS....
975662
if what you want is to do is, to download music, videos or whatever at nite and go to sleep without stay awake waiting, like I do, just set your power saving settings to the appropiate value: "system standby: never", "hard disk power off: never" "screen power off: 5 minutes" (or whatever you want), keep the laptop connected to an AC outlet and that is it.\n\non the other hand, if what you want is download things at school while in class for example, well, that is more difficult, because some laptops allow you to stay on while closed, but most just send you to standby as soon as you close it and NO, you cannot stay connected while the computer is on standby, not a laptop not a desktop (unless you use a "wake-on-lan" NICon such desktop, but normally that is used when that pc is to be used as a file-server)
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Your disk should stay"on" as long as there is activity e.g. a download. When you are downloading, data is being written to the disk, thus keeping it active and awake....
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To save energy/power/electricity:\n\nShut your computer down if you will not use it for more than 3 hours. Put it in hibernate mode if it will be idle for just a couple of hours. If you will be gone for several minutes, just turn off the monitor (physically) if you are using a desktop PC. If you are using a laptop, make sure that you have set the power options in control panel to turn off h/d and monitor when not in use for a specific number minutes depending on how long you want. Ultimately, to really save energy, only turn-on your PC if you intend to use it.\n\nBy the way Logging-off is a security feature and not a power saving feature. So it does not save energy.