XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On 25 Jan 2026 19:01:27 GMT, Frank Slootweg    
   wrote:   
      
   >  I'm not talking about any 'modern' power states, like Modern Standby,   
   >but like old-fashioned  Sleep (S3), which you do have, and old-fashioned   
   >Hibernate (S4).   
   >   
   >  You say that you don't have Hibernate, but I think it's more likely   
   >you have not enabled Hibernate or/and do not have a hiberfil.sys file.   
   >   
   >  Hibernate exists since decades, so it's unlikely that a 2009 machine   
   >doesn't have it.   
   >   
   >  Anyway, with just Sleep most things - except RAM - should power down   
   >or go to a low-power state, ready to resume all your active programs in   
   >seconds (if that) instead of the time you now need to get a coffee.   
      
   What I do notice is that if I leave my desktop computer (running Win   
   XP) for a couple of hours, it goes to sleep, orn at lease the screen   
   goes off, but I just have to move the mounse to wake it up.   
      
   When my Win 10 laptop goes to sleep because I haven't used it for a   
   couple of hours, it won't wake up by just moving the mouse -- I have   
   to start it up again before shutting it down -- like when I go off to   
   watch TV for a couple of hours and decide to go to bed rather than   
   continue working, I have to effectivle start the laptop up and log in   
   before I can stop it.   
      
      
      
      
   >   
   >  But how you use your system is your choice and your choice only.   
   >   
   >  My little sting about being sensible was just in jest (hence the   
   >smiley). Many people shutdown their systems for no reason. They just   
   >think that's the way to do it and do not realize what their options are.   
   >   
   >  When I'm going to use my computer, I don't have to turn it on, I don't   
   >have to boot it, I don't have to wait for Windows to fully start, I don't   
   >have to wait for a sign-on to finish to the Desktop and I don't have to   
   >wait to restart all my programs/windows. I just tap the keyboard or the   
   >'mouse' and am back where I left off, in a few seconds (if that much).   
   >   
   >  It's notable that people Char and I, who are used to (also) work with   
   >laptops, use the sleep/hibernate mechanisms, while people who only   
   >use(d) 'desktops' have a strong tendency to shutdown/turn-off at the end   
   >of the day and turn-on/boot_etc. in the morning.   
   >   
   >[...]   
      
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