QUESTION: I'm running a desktop PC with Windows 7, which I upgraded from Vista. When I put the computer in sleep mode, or when it goes there after long idle periods, the hard drive shuts down and the ...

Sleep mode is a handy feature on Windows that allows you to save power without completely turning off your PC. This is particularly useful when you want to step away from your desk for a few hours and ...

Obviously there isn't a start menu option for shutdown/sleep, but I was wondering if anyone had a fancy command line option for this issue. Something such as "shutdown /r /t 15" but with the obvious ...

Deciding whether to shut down or sleep a computer has been a long-debated question in the annals of PC history. Some users argue that restarting the computer too often can damage the components and ...