Sleep uses very little power, your PC starts up faster, and you’re instantly back to where you left off. You don’t have to worry that you'll lose your work because of your battery draining because Windows automatically saves all your work and turns off the PC if the battery is too low.

Learn how to change your presence settings to automatically wake up your Windows 11 PC when you approach.

You can use Screen and sleep settings to save energy and make your battery last longer.

You may be unable to wake the computer from sleep or standby mode by using your mouse or keyboard. After you wake your computer from standby, your pointing device may not work.

Describes an issue in which SleepAgentServer causes high CPU use in Configuration Manager on Windows 10. Provides a workaround.

System The System page in Settings provides a comprehensive overview of your PC's core functionalities and configurations. It includes options for managing display settings, notifications, power and sleep settings, storage, optional features, and more.

Fixes an issue in which a computer cannot enter sleep or hibernation when you do not share media files. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7.

You can use the Powercfg.exe tool to control power settings and to configure computers to use the hibernate feature or the sleep feature. The Powercfg.exe tool is installed with Windows Vista and with Windows 7.

Use this tool to find and remove specific prevalent threats and reverse the changes that they made (see the "Covered malware families" list in the "Release information" section of KB 890830). For comprehensive malware detection and removal, consider using Windows Defender Offline or Microsoft Safety Scanner.

To disable the logon screen saver, follow these steps: OK. ScreenSaveActive string value item. In the Value data box, replace the number 1 with the number 0, and then click OK. You have now disabled the logon screen saver.