Questions tagged [hybrid-sleep]
Hybrid sleep is a combination of sleep and hibernation usually for a desktop computer.
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How to disable Connected Standby in Windows 8?
I have a tablet that runs Windows 8 Pro. Microsoft came up with a new power mode that they call Connected Standby, in which evidently all non-Metro apps are suspended when the tablet is put in a lower ...
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Windows 8 with multiple screens: Main screen does not wake up
I am having an issue like few others with computer not waking up from sleep.
However I noticed slight difference, I run 2 screens and when I move the mouse or press something on the keyboard, 2nd ...
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How do I tell if my computer supports hibernation?
In Windows Vista, there is regular Hibernation as well as a Hybrid Sleep mode. These features can be found and enabled in the Power Options dialog (advanced settings). For some reason, I don't have ...
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Using sleep mode to trigger hybernate mode
I wanted to set up my computer so that if i put it in sleep for more then 20 min, it will go into hibernate mode automatically. My hope was to use some sort of event trigger on window's Event ...
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Does Windows use hybrid sleep by default?
I'm on Windows 7, and I've got "Enable hybrid sleep" set to "On" in the setting of my power plan.
Does it mean that Windows puts my computer into hybrid sleep mode every time I click "Sleep" in the ...
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Does a previously sleeping Windows PC automatically resume after power loss?
I have Hybrid sleep active which makes it so the computer sleeps and remains powered on in a low-power state while also creating a hibernation backup file.
If I leave my machine in this state and the ...
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Windows 8 won't sleep anymore
I have a Sony VAIO Windows 8 Laptop. At some point, after playing around with various things, it wouldn't go into sleep mode anymore, that is, when I pushed the power button or selected "Sleep" from ...
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Vista Hibernation-How does it work [closed]
I was just wondering something, I know when you go into sleep mode with vista, it writes everything to disk and powers down, and when you power up it returns it all to the RAM, but what I was ...
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Intel's "Rapid Start Technology" vs Hybrid Sleep, is there a point on desktop? [closed]
From reading Intel's docs it sounds like this "technology" does the same thing as regular Windows' Hibernate, but it saves less data, which supposedly on start up has to read smaller "hibernation" ...
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How to script the Windows 7 'sleep' command
To clarify, when I'm talking about 'Sleep' I mean Hybrid Sleep, i.e. save the contents of RAM to the hibernation file and then go in to Standby mode.
I have this working perfectly fine via the start ...
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Windows 8 does not wake from sleep
Windows 8 does not wake from sleep for me, I have this issue on 2/3 rigs.
When in sleep mode, pressing the mouse, keyboard and power buttons don't so anything
Bios update did not help
Motherboards:
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Why am I having issues waking up my machine (and how to debug)?
Recently I switched from buying off the shelf machines to building at work (building AMD FX-6100 or FX-8100. Older ones are A8 series or Phenom II, with Windows 7 Pro). Without going in to the details ...
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How do I make a Windows 7 laptop really sleep
We have a Windows 7 laptop in our household (Asus 9000 series).
I like it that you can put it Windows into hibernate mode. I configured it to hibernate when the lid closed.
This worked perfectly on ...
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What will the laptop do if I close the lid when plugged in then unplug it after I've closed the lid?
If my laptop is set to "do nothing when I close the lid when plugged in" and "hibernate when I close the lid when on battery, what will the laptop do if I close the lid when plugged in then unplug it ...
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How to Choose Hybrid Sleep?
I don't want my default sleep action to be hybrid sleep, but occasionally I want to use hybrid sleep.
How do I tell Windows, "go into hybrid sleep"?
Note: I am not asking for the "...
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