When stepping away from your Windows computer, you don't always need to shut it down. Windows also offers other powerful power-saving options — like Sleep and Hibernate — that allow you to pause your ...

You can set your computer's hibernation time in Windows 11's Control Panel under Power Options. Before you can do that, you might need to enable the hibernate mode ...

A There's some debate about whether it's a good idea to save time and electricity by using the "hibernate mode." Let me explain. Most Windows users are familiar with the idea of an idle computer ...

Before we move on, it is important to understand what is the difference between putting the PC to Sleep/Hibernate mode. That is so that you can understand where you should, or should not enable it.

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