by Johnson Yip
on November 11, 2009
Hibernate
I disabled hibernation, but did not know how to get it back. I search Microsoft Site and Found a handy tutorial for getting it back. Hibernation is when your computer is off, but all the files stored in RAM is saved to a temporary file that stores your RAM files. so your PC can resume from where you left off, but it uses no power when off. It is best to use Hibernation when your PC won’t be used for more then an hour. I wish MS made a programing  for turning Hibernate on or off since It will be more convenient then opening a command prompt window, and remembering the command to type or looking it up online.
TutorialÂ
1. Open the command prompt by typing cmd.exe, or right clicking the command prompt shortcut, and pick run as administrator from the Right click menu.
2. Type in “powercfg.exe /hibernate on” without the quotes to turn hibernation on, or type “powercfg.exe /hibernate off” to turn hibernation off.
3. Press Enter key on keyboard
Microsoft article on turning Hibernate ON or OFF
Note: Hibernation shuts your computer down faster then shutdown, and restart it faster then restarting your PC or turning it on. But, sleep is fastest when restoring your PC to the Power On stage. I also recommend that you restart or shutdown your PC on a daily basis to keep it running smoothly since Hibernate and Sleep does not get rid of problems like Restart and shutdown. If your PC is slow, restart it.
See my Screenshot for Command promt for turning hibernation ON
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by Johnson Yip
on November 11, 2009
Power saving Shorcuts
A lot of the time, I am too lazy to go to the start menu button and then press, the shutdown button to pick Shutdown, Sleep, Restart, or Hibernate, so I decided to make some short cuts on my desktop, so I can just Shutdown, Sleep, Restart or Hibernate my computer with a click of a mouse. Sleep mode is when only the RAM, your keyboard, mouse, and some lights is running on your PC which saves more power. While Hibernate Mode is when your computer is completely off, and all the contents from your RAM is saved to the hard drive. Your PC uses no power when in Hibernate mode, but it takes longer for your computer to start up compared to sleep mode.
Note: This might work for MS Server 2008, and Windows 7, but I’m not sure since I only use Vista. But, I assume they should work since Server 2008, and 7 share a lot of the same features as Vista.
See How I made shortcuts for Shutdown, restart, Sleep, and hibernate.
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by Johnson Yip
on November 10, 2009
pause
A lot of the time, I find going into the BIOS very frustrating because I can’t remember which key I press to go into the BIOS during my computer start up event. There are instructions on the PC start up screen, but the start up process is so fast that I can’t read everything, or I can’t find the key to get into the BIOS fast enough to go into the BIOS/CMOS.
I found a way to pause the computer from loading my PC OS or drives by pressing the Pause/Break key immediately after I turn on my computer on the keyboard. The pause key is located on the upper right corner on most keyboards, and are next to the num lock light.
Now I can easily press the Pause key and go into my BIOS with no worries of not havi9ng enough time to press the BIOS entry key.
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