So I just got windows 7 and everytime I leave the computer for more then 10 mins it goes into sleep mode. How do I stop it from doing that?

- To disable it or change its configuration, Navigate to Control pane l>> Power options. Then you will see the option of selecting the power plan. By default, The “Balanced” option is checked.
- Just on right side of it, click on “Change plan settings”.
- In the settings, just change the time when you want the computer to sleep. You can change it to “Never” if you want to disable it fully. Otherwise change to a value suitable to you e.g. 1 hour, 2 hour etc.

Open Power Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Security, and then clicking Power Options.

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On the Select a power plan page, click Change plan settings next to the selected plan.

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On the Change settings for the plan page, click Change advanced power settings.

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On the Advanced settings tab, double-click Sleep, double-click Sleep after, and then do one of the following:
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If you're using a laptop, click On battery or Plugged in (or both), click the arrow, and then click Never.

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If you're using a desktop computer, click Setting, click the arrow, and then click Never.


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Double-click Hibernate after, and then do one of the following:
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If you're using a laptop, click On battery or Plugged in (or both), click the arrow, and then click Never.

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If you're using a desktop computer, click Setting, click the arrow, and then click Never.


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If you also want the display to stay turned on, double-click Display, double-click Turn off display after, and then do one of the following:
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If you're using a laptop, click On battery or Plugged in (or both), click the arrow, and then click Never.

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If you're using a desktop computer, click Setting, click the arrow, and then click Never.


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Click OK, and then click Save changes.

GL

/e Pulled from the website , tupacs version looks shorter

This post was edited by Gougeon on Aug 2 2011 12:13pm