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 ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: In the last few days, no more than a couple of weeks, this problem has appeared: When I put the computer to ...

RisheekRajolu asked the Windows forum how best to make Windows 7 to go to sleep, and to hibernate, at the appropriate times. Microsoft designed Windows 7’s power management with an eye towards ease of ...

Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft watcher extraordinaire, looks around what's being said, and whispered, about the next version of Windows after 7 and finds a few job listings, resume lines, and discussions ...

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 ...

When I came home last night, I thought my previously healthy Windows 7 machine was dead. It was making a horrendous squeal and refused to reboot multiple times. Turns out it was asleep. I’m not sure ...

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 ...

When Cortana made its debut on Windows 10 PCs, it generated much enthusiasm among Windows loyalists. It was touted as more than a simple search feature. The digital voice assistant helped make things ...

So I built a new Ryzen 5000 based system and installed Window 10 on it (tip: If all you have are Mac's do yourself a favor and find a machine running Windows or Linux to download and make the ...

Hiberfil.sys can use several GB of hard disk space. Delete the file, and it will likely return. Bill Detwiler explains how to get rid of it for good. In a previous TR Dojo Challenge question, I asked ...