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• S0 sleep in Windows 11

  Posted on October 28, 2024 at 02:43 CDT by Ed Tittel • Comment in the Forums

  WINDOWS 11

  

  By Ed Tittel

  Managing sleep and power states can be challenging on Windows PCs.

  Things can go sideways when it comes to waking up various elements of Windows — most notably, network connections. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve had to disable, then re-enable, network adapters because they didn’t work after waking up from sleep.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.44.0, 2024-10-28).

  Windows 11 Hibernate, Newsletters, Sleep Mode, Windows 11

• Defibrillate your “dead” laptop

  Posted on December 19, 2022 at 02:43 CST by Ben Myers • Comment in the Forums

  HARDWARE

  

  By Ben Myers

  I confess: I do not have a defibrillator to use on a laptop.

  Beginning with Windows 7, a laptop in sleep mode can become unresponsive and completely inoperative. In the repair business, we call this “dead.” Ultimately, it’s about managing your laptop’s battery.

  On the average, a seemingly dead laptop lands in my hands every couple of months. That is not often enough to be classified as a major problem by Microsoft, but it is still very real.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.51.0, 2022-12-19).

  Hardware Batteries, CMOS, Laptops, Newsletters, Sleep Mode