Oct 19, 2016 In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the steps to stop your computer from asking you to enter a password after resuming from sleep using the. Apr 26, 2016 To disable automatic Sleep: Open up Power Options in the Control Panel. In Windows 10 you can get there from right clicking on the start menu and going to Power Options. Click change plan settings next to your current power plan. Change 'Put the computer to sleep.
Turn Off Automatic Sleep from Settings App Press Win + I to open the Settings app. Go to ' System - Power and Sleep ' page in Settings. On the right panel, select ' Never ' from the drop-down menu under the ' Sleep ' section. 5 Tools to Prevent Windows From Sleeping or Turning Off the Display 1. Oct 17, 2017 Sleep. This uses very little power, your PC starts up faster, and youâre instantly back to where you left off. You donât have to worry that you'll lose your work because of your battery draining, because Windows automatically saves all your work and turns off the PC if the battery is too low.
By default Windows uses a power plan to save energy. It can do this by auto turning off the display when there is no activity for a given period and also do a similar thing to put the computer to sleep. If you donât move the mouse and touch the keyboard within this period, Windows thinks youâre away and will perform the selected action in an attempt to save some power. However this is not always the case and sometimes you might not be at the computer but donât want it to shut off the display or go into standby for a little while.
You can of course go to the Power Options applet in Control Panel and either create or edit a power plan that never goes into standby mode or turns off the display. The problem is if you forget to set it back to your chosen power plan, Windows obviously wonât set these options back by itself and youâre left power settings you might not want on a permanent basis. Luckily some software has an option to do this while itâs running such as a video player disabling the monitor shut off function when a movie is showing.
Not all software has this option so to solve the problem, simply use a third party utility to temporarily prevent the computer from going into standby. Hereâs a selection of small tools that can help.
This simple little tool will simply prevent your computer from going into standby while itâs running. Insomnia actually tries to disable sleep mode while itâs open and then puts the setting back to what it was previously on close. It has not been designed to and will not prevent your screen shutting off.
There are separate 32-bit and 64-bit versions available and you simply run the executable which opens the small window above. Although you can minimize the window to the tray, it is meant to stay on screen to remind you that your computer cannot currently enter sleep mode.
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2. Caffeine
Caffeine works in a rather simple way to try and prevent your computer going into standby, the screen from shutting off or even the screensaver kicking in. This is to simulate a key press once every 59 seconds so Windows is fooled into thinking youâre using your computer when in fact, you arenât.
The key it pretends to press is the F15 key which is virtually never used on any keyboards, although you can change this to Shift and the number of seconds can be edited from the command line if you want. Caffeine is a tiny 13K executable and it places an icon in your tray which you double or right click to enable or disable it.
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3. Caffeinated
Caffeinated is a clone of a similar Mac OSX tool called Caffeine and stops your computer going into standby. The program uses a Windows function called SetThreadExecutionState which software applications use to tell the operating system they are in use and prevents the computer sleeping.
Although itâs a portable tool, there is an option to start with Windows and also a default duration to keep the computer awake can be configured of 5 minutes to 5 hours or indefinitely. The .NET Framework 3.5 is required and the author says he has only tested Caffeinated on Windows 7.
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4. Noise
Noise is a very basic tool that simply sends a keystroke to the system every 60 seconds so Windows believes someone is actually pressing a key on the keyboard and therefore doesnât run the screensaver or enter sleep mode.
Run the tool and double click on the tray icon to open the tiny dialog box, then enter a key which the program will send once a minute. Letters and numbers in combination with the Shift key can be used, not Ctrl or Alt etc.
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5. Donât Sleep
Donât Sleep is a small, simple and yet powerful tool and is able to prevent a system shutdown, standby, hibernate, log off and also stop the screensaver or monitor turning off. Every option on Donât Sleep is very straight forward and if you want to prevent the computer from going to standby for example, just make sure that the Standby check box is checked and click the Enabled button.
There is also a configurable timer function that you can set when to automatically disable the blocking or force the computer to shutdown or sleep after time expires. The Options button will allow you to setup a timer to start blocking when the program starts or the system resumes from standby.
A useful addition is the Mini-HTTP feature which can be used to remotely configure Donât Sleep through a web browser. You can enable it by clicking the Donât Sleep menu bar and select âEnabling the Mini-HTTP featureâ. Once enabled, you can access the settings by typing http://IP.Address:8080/ in any web browser. It is also possible to use the login feature to prevent unauthorized users from accessing the Donât Sleep settings.
Donât Sleep is a very useful tool which does the job and takes very very little resources and is less than a 100K executable. Itâs free, portable and works on all Windows including both 32 and 64 bit.
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There is a very easy way to stop your computer going to sleep which bypasses even corporate settings that canât be changed. Just shoot a small video (say 10 sec) on your phone and email it to yourself. Open the video with Windows Media Player and set it to play on a loop. Minimize this window to your task bar and thatâs it. Your computer will not sleep as long as the video is running.
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Jeff Williams8 months ago
I have a windows 7 HP. I left one night and when I came back the next morning I turned it on, and the computer came on, went thru finding signal, then straight to going asleep, and then it shuts down? Canât even get to the first window to fix the sleep mode, what do I do?
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There is a legitimate need for something like this. I have Echo Dot connected to by line in to play music via spotify. Laptop connected to receiver /sound system and hdmi to tv. The problem is, an active Line In doesnt prevent the sleep mode from kicking in and, therefore, stopping music. Idealy need a utility to monitor Line In and prevent sleep when active.
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unknownsolo2 years ago
I have found âinsomniateâ to be the best one so far. It doesnt move the mouse to keep the computer awake. It honestly also has the best looking UI too.
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Stop Sleeping Windows 7
Vray license server not working. nosleep.exe is one I use often. Moves the mouse cursor one pixel to the left at a regular interval, then one pixel to the right
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peSHIr2 years ago
The reason these program exist, is the fact the corporate networks can use enforced policies on locking timeout, screensavers, etc. that you then cannot change, or revert back to the network default on next boot/login. If you are not in such a situation, you normally never need them, and thus set the power, auto-lock or Screensaver options you like.
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Insomnia does not work with windows 10
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Bruce3 years ago
I donât get any of these. They all seem to bypass sleep mode all the time unless you disable them. If that is the case, why not just disable âSleepâ mode altogether in the 1st place??
Unless any of these actually recognize when a program is running (a browser downloading files, a defrag tool working or any program that runs for an extended period of time etc.) and then activates. If nothing is running, the program doesnât run letting the system go into sleep mode.
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The problem as usual is M$âs stupidity& stubbornness. Poor design, poor thinking with nothing being done to fix anything, just add new crap no one wants.
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Corra3 years ago
I agree !!!
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Those which prevent sleep for a specifiable interval of time serve an otherwise unsatisfiable need. I use it when the computer is transcoding a video file, something which may take hours while I am not attending but after which sleep is good.
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Woody Little1 year ago
Because with the last windows update, my work PC now goes to sleep if i use the âlockâ function, even with sleep=never selected. Very frustrating when it takes my PC 10 minutes to âwarm upâ and function correctly.
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I stay you must add StayAwake bu only works on windows 7. I tested it on my windows 10 but there is an error. On windows 8 I havenât tested it yet.
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roger3 years ago
Caffeine required download of .NET runtime, so I wouldnât list it first :|
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Hi, May I suggest you update your link to Insomnia so it points to the developerâs own page, so people always get the latest version and the developer gets the credit deserved. Reply
dlaa.me/Insomnia/
Helper74 years ago
Insomnia download link is dead!
This is the only place where I happen to find it, so please update the original download link: Reply
files.italiasw.com/mhku4var5cyt/Insomnia.zip.html
Thanks for the report, the file has now been uploaded to our server.
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Ace4 years ago
Thanks a bunch, mate! this really helpped :)
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Just on the list of similar applets, I think you could put ShutdownGuard too. Now with Windows 10âs automatic restarting and stuff, having it can be pretty useful.
Pilgrim7 years ago
You could also add Noise to the list. Reply
donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/index.html#Noise
Thanks Pilgrim, added it to the list to make 5â¦
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Ajay8 years ago
Gr8 infoâ¦â¦. thanx.
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nice work from Raymond again!
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Absoluto8 years ago
thanks for this Raymond!!!
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Hrrm, you are always coming with sth!!! Reply
Jokin, this is a great tool.
basnet8 years ago
thnks for info keep it updateâ¦
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This look To be a very good software and its free!
Thanks Raymond!
Gael043
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Merlin_Magii8 years ago
Thank you Raymond.
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Heheh, it even has HTTP control server feature. :) Reply
Thanks for the share Raymond.
kash8 years ago
Very goood for me! Reply
Thank you Raymond for your job
this good for me too. thanks for sharing. need to have a look
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There may be times that you do not wish your computer to sleep. The default power settings for Windows are set up so a computer will go to sleep after the stipulated minutes of inactivity, thus saving power.
However, sometimes a computer may be busy even though someone isnât actively using the mouse and keyboard. In these cases, you may not want the computer to sleep.
In fact, most media players and disc burners tell Windows not to go to sleep while theyâre running.
But for those times when the computer is busy doing something and the relevant program doesnât suppress the default sleep behavior, you might to consider using Insomnia from Microsoft.
Insomnia is a simple WPF portable application that calls the SetThreadExecutionState API to disable sleep mode for as long as itâs running.
Check it out at MSDN Blogs | Download.
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