Comments on: Keyboard Missing Sleep Button – Help! http://www.worldstart.com/keyboard-missing-sleep-button-help/ Everyone, no matter how good you are, needs computer help every now and then. That's where Worldstart comes in. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:45:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Zahnhttp://www.worldstart.com/keyboard-missing-sleep-button-help/comment-page-1/#comment-190570 John Zahn Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:26:56 +0000 http://www.worldstart.com/?p=31208#comment-190570 I have an even better solution--for Windows 7 users. Go to Control Panel>System and Security>Power Options and click on "Change what the power buttons do". For "When I press the power button" choose Sleep. By default this chooses hybrid sleep, which keeps power to RAM but also saves an image of RAM on you hard drive in case there is a power outage before you get back to the computer.Now you can use the power button on your computer to invoke the sleep state. The next time you press it (or any key on your keyboard) your computer will wake up.Of course, you should shut down completely very often (I do it every night) so that system updates will install and to correct any accumulated damage to Windows 7 operating system. You can shut down by clicking "Start" and choosing "Shut down". Now the next time you press the power button it will reboot your computer. I have an even better solution–for Windows 7 users.
Go to Control Panel>System and Security>Power Options
and click on “Change what the power buttons do”.
For “When I press the power button” choose Sleep.
By default this chooses hybrid sleep, which keeps power to RAM but also saves an image of RAM on you hard drive in case there is a power outage before you get back to the computer.

Now you can use the power button on your computer to invoke the sleep state. The next time you press it (or any key on your keyboard) your computer will wake up.

Of course, you should shut down completely very often (I do it every night) so that system updates will install and to correct any accumulated damage to Windows 7 operating system. You can shut down by clicking “Start” and choosing “Shut down”. Now the next time you press the power button it will reboot your computer.

]]> By: Stevenhttp://www.worldstart.com/keyboard-missing-sleep-button-help/comment-page-1/#comment-146675 Steven Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:54:48 +0000 http://www.worldstart.com/?p=31208#comment-146675 I tried this due to the fact that when I shut my computer down in sleep mode it sometimes will go to sleep and wake up in 10 seconds or so. I decided to try your fix, however, I can not get it to come out of sleep mode. I tried pressing the space bar, mouse and anything else I could think of but to no avail. I then have to push the power button. Is that normal? Sincerely, Steven I tried this due to the fact that when I shut my computer down in sleep mode it sometimes will go to sleep and wake up in 10 seconds or so. I decided to try your fix, however, I can not get it to come out of sleep mode. I tried pressing the space bar, mouse and anything else I could think of but to no avail. I then have to push the power button. Is that normal?
Sincerely,
Steven

]]> By: DaveSuffolkhttp://www.worldstart.com/keyboard-missing-sleep-button-help/comment-page-1/#comment-141231 DaveSuffolk Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:29:25 +0000 http://www.worldstart.com/?p=31208#comment-141231 Hi Richard, you could also mention that in the power options in Control Panel you can set the power button to put the computer into sleep mode, or hibernate mode if you prefer. If you have a laptop you can also choose what closing the lid does. Hi Richard, you could also mention that in the power options in Control Panel you can set the power button to put the computer into sleep mode, or hibernate mode if you prefer. If you have a laptop you can also choose what closing the lid does.

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