XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.microsoft.windows   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   > By sleep, do you mean screen saver blanking?   
   > I never use the sleep GUI command.   
   > I use it on my laptop only.   
   > Not sure what it is.   
   > Fast startup is disabled. It gets confused if there are multiple   
   > bootable hard drives online.   
   > I don't think so. Maybe it prompts on a wake up from Hibernate?   
   > No. Both at home and at the office, I do not explicitly lock.   
   > Not sure. I think it puts it to sleep (but I rarely boot Windows on my   
   > laptop, it usually boots up in Linux.)   
   > I leave it running (but power off my monitor).   
   > I like to be able to remotely access it with TigerVNC.   
      
      
   Thanking Lars Poulson for his answers and even more so for his questions, I   
   realized it's not obvious how to test what our settings are, nor perhaps   
   how to set them (as Keith Knuttle kindly showed), nor what ancillary   
   settings are needed (as Paul showed, e.g., for the pagefile size).   
      
   With that lack of information in mind, here's an update for   
   a. How to test your settings   
   b. How to set them on the admin command line   
   c. And, if required, what are related ancillary settings   
      
   A. Full shutdown   
      i. Test:   
         powercfg /a   
      ii. Set example:   
         shutdown /s /t 0   
      iii. Related:   
         powercfg /h off   
      
   B. Restart   
      i. Test:   
         (no direct test, use Event Viewer or uptime)   
      ii. Set example:   
         shutdown /r /t 0   
      iii. Related:   
         (none)   
      
   C. Sleep   
      i. Test:   
         powercfg /a   
      ii. Set example:   
         powercfg /change standby-timeout-ac 30   
         powercfg /change standby-timeout-dc 15   
      iii. Related:   
         powercfg /devicequery wake_armed   
      
   D. Hibernate   
      i. Test:   
         powercfg /a   
      ii. Set example:   
         powercfg /h on   
         powercfg /change hibernate-timeout-ac 60   
      iii. Related:   
         powercfg /h off   
         (if you want to disable it)   
      
   E. Hybrid sleep   
      i. Test:   
         powercfg /query SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_SLEEP HYBRIDSLEEP   
      ii. Set example:   
         powercfg /setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_SLEEP HYBRIDSLEEP 1   
         powercfg /setdcvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_SLEEP HYBRIDSLEEP 1   
         powercfg /apply SCHEME_CURRENT   
      iii. Related:   
         powercfg /h on   
      
   F. Fast startup   
      i. Test:   
         powercfg /a   
         (look for "Fast Startup" in the output)   
      ii. Set example:   
         powercfg /h on   
         reg add HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\   
         Power /v HiberbootEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f   
      iii. Related:   
         powercfg /h off disables fast startup   
      
   G. Wake credentials   
      i. Test:   
         powercfg /query SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK   
      ii. Set example:   
         powercfg /setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 1   
         powercfg /apply SCHEME_CURRENT   
      iii. Related:   
         (none)   
      
   H. Lock screen only   
      i. Test:   
         (no command, this is user behavior)   
      ii. Set example:   
         rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation   
      iii. Related:   
         (none)   
      
   I. Laptop lid behavior   
      i. Test:   
         powercfg /query SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_BUTTONS LIDACTION   
      ii. Set example:   
         powercfg /setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_BUTTONS LIDACTION 1   
         powercfg /setdcvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_BUTTONS LIDACTION 1   
         powercfg /apply SCHEME_CURRENT   
      iii. Related:   
         (none)   
      
   Extra items based on the helpful response from others in this thread:   
      powercfg /h off   
      wmic pagefileset where name="C:\\pagefile.sys" set InitialSize=1024,   
      MaximumSize=1024   
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