Friends computer states: power saving enabled mon will shut dwn is a few seconds?
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How often does this happen?  Is after it consistent length of time?\n\nI think your friend's computer has Power Saving enabled and perhaps the monitor is scheduled to switch off each time.  Go to:\n\nControl Panel/\nPower Options/\nPower Schemes\n\n... and check the options at the bottom.  The monitor may be set to switch off after a time lapse as short as 1 minute.\n\nIf in doubt, set all of the options to never.\n\n'Hope that helps.
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just restart it.  always works.  take off the sleep function.  it's unnecessary.
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Depending on how much you "strain" your computer, the RAM will get more and more fragmented thus the performance will get worse.\nIf you don't need your computer running at night time, shut it down! This will save energy and spare the components.\n\nThere is still a common misbelief that turning the computer off and on will lead to a higher power consumption caused by the boot process. Not with todays computers!
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You need to change the power options under the control panel. To do this:\n\n1. Open the control panel and double click on 'Power Options'\n\n2. In the 'Power Options' window, you will see the options (time interval) to turn off your monitor, hard disc etc. The values you see are the default.\n\n3. Change these to suit your need.
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Go look at your power settings in the control panel and disable standby.\n\nWhat happens when you use the start button to shut down the computer?  SOmetiomes viruses and bad stuff will hang during shutdown. Make sure your antivirus software is up to date and running.
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Make sure the computer shuts down properly.
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are you powering up with your battery alone, or are you plugged into an outlet?\n\nhow old is your computer? is it worth spending money to fix it by going to a computer repair shop?  are your files very valuable?
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i suggest you just restart it. when it goes into that standby mode it really hate to come out of it. even after it does it still runs awfully slow.\n\ngo to the control panel and click on power management and set it to turn off instead of going into standby mode.
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go into bios setup...look at the setting for waking up and make sure they are not selected, otherwise someone can turn on your computer just by sending it a fax signal.
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Try rebacking everything up again. This time DO NOT touch the power buttons or anything else just let it finish the job at hand...Thanks
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Since you only use it a few times a day and being a laptop I would say the best thing for you to do is to Hibernate it.  This will turn the laptop off but will write all the running applications to the hard drive so Windows can be resumed faster than if you just shut it down.  Hibernate uses no power and is very similar to standby except standby maintains power to the memory so Winodws will resume even faster than if you had just put it in Standby.  If you are going to walk away for just a few minutes, leave it on.\n\nTo be even more power conscious you could put it in Hibernate and then unplug it.  If you don't know (because I can never tell) hold down shift at the shutdown menu to get the Hibernate option.  But when you are done using it for the day, shut it down.
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On the desktop right click then go to properties.  Under screen save go to power stettings.  Just turn "shut down harddisks, sleep, and hibernate" to never
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It could be a 'wake on lan' event.  Depending on your computer, OS, and network adapter, search for that to find out how to switch it off.
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If your gonna set it to hibernate, you adjust your power setting in the software by going to control panel.\nNot in the bios....
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lol\n\nur computer will restart in 60second\nNT/Authority...RPC problem....\n\nmsblast 4ever
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If you have already checked the battery, what about the AC adapter cna you run it just on the mains, does it shut down. \n\nIf it doesnt shut down, it just may be that the battery is faulty  or even check the power save/optimisation settings.\n\nIf it does shut down then check the following:\n\nLaptop overheating - make sure none of the vents are blocked/clogged up, when in use.\n\nProcessor Overheating - CPU fan may be faulty, so processor starts to overheat and system shuts down to protect the processor.\n\nGet it checked out by a pro, to be safe.\n\nGood Luck\nBattery Wizard
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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.