Your computer is not as smart as you think it is. In the case of deciding when to go to sleep it can not read your mind and put itself to sleep so that battery life is not wasted. So why should you use sleep mode at all? Sleep mode puts your PC into a low-power state, and resuming from sleep happens very quickly. Sleep mode does draw battery power, but very slowly which makes it the ideal state to leave your computer in if you want to start using […]
                                    
                                            How to Shutdown and Restart in Windows 8                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                    
                                
                                | By Steve Horton |  |  | 
The process for restarting or shutting down your PC in Windows 8 has changed. Find out how to do it here.
                                    
                                            Sleep, Hibernate, Shut down – Which to Choose?                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                    
                                
                                | By Steve Horton |  |  | 
We did a recent poll on Facebook where we asked you what you did with your PC when done with it. Out of 25 responses, eight people said they put their PC in Sleep Mode. Two people said they Hibernated it. And the majority, 14 people, said they shut it down completely.
                                    
                                            Turn Off Hibernate                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                    
                                
                                | By Steve Horton |  |  | 
Hibernate or Sleep Mode on a laptop can activate at the most inopportune times. Here’s how to adjust when your laptop hibernates, if at all.
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