Or click around to ascertain that “System and Security” is the right area and click on the green section title words System and Security.Īgain, a bit bewildering, but find Power Options, the fifth section, and click on it. This is where things can be a bit confusing with so many choices, but notice that you can use the top right window to search for a specific control panel if you want. You can also use the search feature but let’s aim for the fastest solution, yes? In Win7 it’s all accessible off the Start Menu:Ĭhoose Control Panel on the right side of the Start Menu. In other words, how quickly does your display sleep and how quickly does your computer sleep? Still, whether you’re running Win7 or an early release of Windows 10, it’s important to customize your energy profile - as it’s now known - to match your usage patterns. Heck, back in the day, you could get programs that would fake activity so that you wouldn’t lose your (modem) connection with a server like America Online (AOL) or CompuServe. 🙂Īll modern operating systems have had the ability to put your components to sleep and to even power down the computer itself after a certain period of inactivity. That’s rather retro of you, though not as bad as if you’d have asked me about Windows XP, I suppose.
