QUESTION: I'm running a desktop PC with Windows 7, which I upgraded from Vista. When I put the computer in sleep mode, or when it goes there after long idle periods, the hard drive shuts down and the ...

On Windows devices, the unanticipated waking of a PC from sleep mode is quite common. Sometimes, when you leave your workstation, you put your PC to sleep, but you still would want to keep the ...

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I'm sure you've heard that shutting down your computer too frequently could negatively affect its software and limit its lifespan. Or that leaving your computer on all the time also hurts its battery ...

Which OS has the edge on waking up and going to sleep from a laptop?<BR><BR>I only have experiance with OS X on my macbook pro so I will share my complaints. I would like to know if these issues exist ...