Press the "Power" button on your computer or the "Sleep" button on your keyboard to immediately put the monitor to sleep.

Looking to cut costs? You can easily shave a few bucks off your monthly electric bill by putting your computer to sleep. Even when you're not using your computer, it’s sucking up power when it’s left ...

Sleep mode, an alternative to shutting down the computer completely in Windows 8, puts your computer in a low-power setting while enabling you to power it up more quickly. If you have a laptop, this ...

Put your Windows 8 system to sleep or shut it down Here’s how you can quickly shut down or put your Windows 8 computer to sleep. 1. To force a shut down or sleep: Ctrl-Alt-Delete then press the power ...

Putting your Windows PC to sleep while not in use is an excellent method to extend its battery life and save energy. You can wake your PC anytime by moving the mouse, pressing the power button, or ...

The video bloggers at Tekzilla aren't keen on the way the Power button in the Vista Start menu sleeps your computer by default rather than shutting it down, and neither are we. As the video above ...

I frequently download big files to my computer and walk away. How do I stop my computer from going into standby while downloading something from the internet? I'm using Firefox on Windows 7. You're in ...