I think it worked typing it in. It now shows exactly what you listed:
C:\Windows\system32> powercfg.exe -h off
C:\Windows\system32>
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Create Account How it WorksI think it worked typing it in. It now shows exactly what you listed:
C:\Windows\system32> powercfg.exe -h off
C:\Windows\system32>
Reboot and then see if it's any better at going to sleep.
Went to sleep normally, still slow to wake but nowhere near as slow as the past couple of days. Improvement!
Good. Got to go to bed now. It's almost midnight here.
Ditto. Have a good night and thanks for your continued help.
Edited by kristi10, 06 August 2015 - 09:59 PM.
Good morning,
After doing the powercfg.exe -h off the other night, the computer did wake from sleep faster. But yesterday, it was back to being as slow as it was before. Maybe it's all in my head, but it seems that the longer it['s asleep, the longer it takes to wake up.
Kristi
From an elevated cmd prompt type:
powercfg -ENERGY
It will create a file at:
C:\Windows\system32\energy-report.html
Please Attach it to your next post.
Computer Name WESTFAMILY-HP Scan Time 2015-08-08T20:22:24Z Scan Duration 60 seconds System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard System Product Name p6620f BIOS Date 07/21/2010 BIOS Version 6.02 OS Build 7601 Platform Role PlatformRoleDesktop Plugged In true Process Count 73 Thread Count 1005 Report GUID {756d744d-21ca-4674-8d4a-715db9ff71d3}
Analysis Results Errors
It says you can use S1 so see if you can do the following:
Speed up sleep with S1 sleep mode: If you're looking for an option that will save power and resume even faster than S3 sleep mode does, you can access S1 sleep mode. Resuming from S1 usually takes less than 2 seconds. To access S1, open your system's BIOS by restarting the computer and pressing the appropriate key during boot-up—typically you'll see a message similar to 'Press Del to enter Setup'.
Once you are in the BIOS, go to Power Management, Suspend Mode. There you will see an option to change the default suspend mode from S3 to S1. Change it and press Esc to exit the BIOS (be sure to select the Save option when it prompts you to save the settings).
From now on, when you choose Sleep from the Start menu, your computer will go into S1 sleep mode. Just a note for you conservationists out there: S1 sleep mode uses about 112 watts to S3's 5 watts, so it isn't as easy on your electric bill (or for laptop users, your battery) as S3 is.
BIOS power tab only gives the following options:
After AC power failure - stay off, etc
S5 maximum power savings - enable/disable
WOL in S5 - enable/disable
NX (no execute) - enable/disable
Virtualization technology - enable/disable
Other than the power tab, I don't see an option for power management.
Try disabling
S5 maximum power savings - enable/disable
I believe that the S5 maximum power savings was already set to disable, but I had changed a couple of them to enable, to check and see if that gave me further drill down options. It didn't. So I exited without saving changes, rebooted and returned to BIOS and S5 does say disabled.
I exited and did not restart the computer until yesterday. After doing so, when opening the internet, I'm now getting a message that says "would you like to make IE your default browser." Tools -> Internet Options -> Programs does show that IE is not the default browser and gives the option to make it the default browser. But I can't imagine what changed it. I don't even have another browser on this PC that I know of or can find. I've tried to figure out what the current browser is set to, but no luck. Everything still opens in IE as though it was the default.
Thank you, Kristi
Thought you had Chrome at one time. Just tell IE that it can be your default browser. For what it's worth it's not a good idea to just have the one browser. Best to have a spare in case IE quits on you.
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