The hibernation power-saving option can be useful when you want to save your laptop's battery or when you want to cut down on your business's energy consumption. However, if your computer hibernates ...

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 ...

Orange County’s PC Club tells us everything we want to know about Sleep, Standby and Hibernate modes. QUESTION: Can you please explain the difference between Standby, Sleep and Hibernate and which ...

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 ...