When you’re away from your PC for 15 or 30 minutes, it will go to sleep mode automatically. The thing is if there are still programs running, it will result in data loss. Thus, many users want to set computer to never sleep with windows 10 to avoid data damage. This post will introduce you 2 ways to make your computer not sleep on Windows 10.
- 1 Click the Start menu button. The Start menu opens. 2 Click the triangle icon in the lower right of the Start menu. The Shutdown menu appears to the right of that icon.
- QUICK SOLUTION: Within Avast Cleanup, click on 'Speed up' icon. Open 'Background & startup programs'. Scroll to the bottom of the list, find the green font that says '# programs sleeping' and click on it. Find your program on the list and click 'wake'.
- This makes me lose my work. Apps only close when my display goes to sleep and wakes up. I did the SFC /SCANNOW in CMD and everything is fine. Should I just put my laptop to 'never' sleep or is there a 100% working solution. Version 1703 OS Build: 15063.13 Windows 10 Home i3 3GB Ram 64 Bit Video drives are up-to-date.
Shutting down, restarting, and putting your system into the sleep mode is already easy in Windows 10. All you have to do that, click on the start menu and select the appropriate option from the Power menu.
But the one thing about the whole process is that you have to use your mouse to do all of that. If you are a keyboard person like me, then taking your hands off of your keyboard is not that enticing. Moreover, performing different activities using just the keyboard shortcuts is way faster and easier. In case you are wondering, here is how you can quickly put to sleep or shutdown your Windows 10 system using a simple keyboard shortcut.
Put to Sleep or Shutdown Windows 10 With Keyboard Shortcut
To shut down or put your system to sleep, you can use the Power User menu that was introduced back in Windows 8. In case you don't know, the Power User menu has a host of options that lets you access different parts of your Windows system.
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How To Put In Sleep Mode
Moreover, the Power User menu also eliminates the need to use the start menu search or mess around with the Control Panel. To access the Power User menu in Windows 10, 8, or 8.1, press the keyboard shortcut
Win + X
.As you can see from the above image, the Power User menu has its own shortcut keys that can be used to access different options in it. Now, use the below shortcuts to quickly put your system to sleep, shutdown, restart, or hibernate.
#1 Press
Win + X
, then press U
and then press S
to put your system to sleep.#2 Press
Win + X
, then press U
and then press U
to put your system to shutdown.#3 Press
Win + X
, then press U
and then press R
to put your system to restart.#4 Press
Win + X
, then press U
and then press H
to put your system to hibernate.Avast Put Programs To Sleep
#5 Press
Win + X
, then press U
and then press I
to put your system to sign out of the current session.Of course, if you want to, you can always use the good old,
Alt + F4
or the Ctrl + Alt + Del
to shut down or put your system to sleep.How To Put Apps To Sleep Pc
Hopefully that helps and do comment below sharing your thoughts and experiences about using the above methods to shut down or put your Windows 10 system to sleep.