Windows recently released a tool called Awake as a part of Microsoft’s Power Toys app, designed to make it easy to make your computer stay awake as needed without having to change a bunch of settings. [1] X Research source If you don’t want to change any settings indefinitely, check out the Using Windows Power Toys method to try Awake.
You may want to make a note of your current settings so you can easily change them back in the future.
Keeping the monitor from going to sleep can shorten its lifespan, so try not to use this feature for an extended period of time. You can still prevent your PC from going to sleep while allowing the monitor to turn itself off as needed—just continue with this method to learn how.
Keeping the monitor from going to sleep can shorten its lifespan, so try not to use this feature for an extended period of time. You can still prevent your PC from going to sleep while allowing the monitor to turn itself off as needed—just continue with this method to learn how.
Go to https://docs. microsoft. com/en-us/windows/powertoys/install. Click the blue Install Power Toys button to go to the latest download page. Click the file called PowerToysSetup-0. 41. 4-x64. exe (the name will vary as the files are updated) and click Save to start the download. Double-click the downloaded file. Click Yes when prompted to give permission for the installer to run. Click Next to start the installer. Click Next after reading the license terms. Choose whether you want to create a Power Toys shortcut on the desktop, and whether you want Power Toys to automatically open when you sign in to Windows. Click Next and then Install. Click Finished when Power Toys finishes installing.
If you don’t see the icon, click the up-arrow (^) in the system tray to expand more icons.
If you’d rather this mode end automatically, choose Keep awake temporarily and choose how long you would like the computer to stay awake.
Keeping the monitor from going to sleep can shorten its lifespan, so try not to use this feature for an extended period of time.
Right-click the Awake icon on your system tray—it’s the blue coffee cup. Click the up-arrow near the system clock if you don’t see this icon. Select Mode. Select Off to turn off Awake mode, or choose how long you want to keep the computer awake (if turning the feature on).
The energy and sleep settings on your Mac will vary by model. If you don’t see one of the options in this method, just continue to the next step.
You’ll need to configure sleep settings for each power mode separately.
You’ll need to configure sleep settings for each power mode separately.
You’ll need to configure sleep settings for each power mode separately.
As indicated by the alert below the slider, preventing the monitor from going to sleep can shorten its lifespan. Because of this, you should avoid selecting “Never” unless you have a really good reason to do so. You can still prevent the computer from going to sleep while allowing the monitor to turn itself off as needed. Just continue with this method to learn how.
If you don’t have this slider, just continue to the next step.
You won’t see this option if you had a “Computer sleep” slider.
Return to System preferences > Energy Saver to allow your computer some rest in the future.
Click the clock and select Settings > Device > Power so you can allow your computer to sleep in the future.
