Set a schudule to wake and sleep the computer at a certain time and the settings needed to make it work. I find it useful for my file server so i save around 6/7 hours of power consumption a day (every little helps).
Part 1 Is Here
Part 2 of 2
Part 1 Is Here
Part 2 of 2
Setting up the schedule task.
Sleep Schedule.
Step 1 . globe(start menu)/type in `Task Scheduler` and click this.
Sleep Schedule.
Step 1 . globe(start menu)/type in `Task Scheduler` and click this.
Step 2. once opened click on the right side, create task.
Name this something that makes sense to you like `Send pc to sleep at night` and tick `run only when user is logged on` and `run with highest privileges`
Step 3. under triggers click on new
then you can set the time/day you want the machine to go to sleep at night for instance
Step 4. under the actions tab is where we will tell it what to use to make the machine sleep click new
then set action `start a program` in the Program/script box type `Rundll32.exe` and in the arguments box put `Powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Sleep` . I have also seen that `shutdown` and then `/s` works for some people and I did try
this before I found out about the hibernate issue I disabled earlier via the disable-hibernate.reg file, and it worked sometimes but not always, but I expect this is also because at that point I had not disabled hibernate via the .reg file.
this before I found out about the hibernate issue I disabled earlier via the disable-hibernate.reg file, and it worked sometimes but not always, but I expect this is also because at that point I had not disabled hibernate via the .reg file.
Step 5. under conditions we can tell the scheduler to only start the task if the machine has been idle for x amount of time and ask it to wait x minutes if so and then try again.
Step 6. under settings we can set the schedule to restart the task if for some reason it fails.
this should ensure the schedule takes place and does what is intended.
If this is setup as directed in the steps above then hopefully your machine will go to sleep at night and awake ready for use in the morning when you need it, or to when you have set the times for. See Part 1 for the initial setup and wake settings.
If this is setup as directed in the steps above then hopefully your machine will go to sleep at night and awake ready for use in the morning when you need it, or to when you have set the times for. See Part 1 for the initial setup and wake settings.