I want to set my computer to sleep?

Question

after say 10 minutes of being idol.I know that i do this through power settings but what should i set my monitor etc to do.It seems to have schemes on the power settings menu but i dont know which i should choose.Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

You do nothing to your monitor, because if you set the computer to go to sleep mode the computer automatically turn the monitor off or in sleep mode too.

Answer 2

It is best to hibernate rather than shutdown.

Go to control panel, appearance and themes, change computers theme, screen saver, monitor power, power then set monitor and drives as required

Answer 3

It is best to hibernate rather than shutdown.

As SC said.  Follow SC 's instructions to enable hibernate.  Then to activate it, go to Turn off computer, press shift and the standby will turn to hibernate [ Windows XP] To standby, click on run in start menu, enter "%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState" without "

Answer 4

Setting the monitor to turn off at the same time the computer goes idle is usually a good way to go. You don't actually have to choose a preset from the list. You can completely customize it using the drop down menus. I usually customize mine.