Re: Windows 10 and 11 power state habits: shutdown, sleep or hibernate

On 25 Jan 2026 19:01:27 GMT, Frank Slootweg <[email protected]>
wrote:

>  I'm not talking about any 'modern' power states, like Modern Standby,
>but like old-fashioned  Sleep (S3), which you do have, and old-fashioned
>Hibernate (S4).
>
>  You say that you don't have Hibernate, but I think it's more likely
>you have not enabled Hibernate or/and do not have a hiberfil.sys file.
>
>  Hibernate exists since decades, so it's unlikely that a 2009 machine
>doesn't have it.
>
>  Anyway, with just Sleep most things - except RAM - should power down
>or go to a low-power state, ready to resume all your active programs in
>seconds (if that) instead of the time you now need to get a coffee.

What I do notice is that if I leave my desktop computer (running Win
XP) for a couple of hours, it goes to sleep, orn at lease the screen
goes off, but I just have to move the mounse to wake it up. 

When my Win 10 laptop goes to sleep because I haven't used it for a
couple of hours, it won't wake up by just moving the mouse -- I have
to start it up again before shutting it down -- like when I go off to
watch TV for a couple of hours and decide to go to bed rather than
continue working, I have to effectivle start the laptop up and log in
before I can stop it. 




>
>  But how you use your system is your choice and your choice only.
>
>  My little sting about being sensible was just in jest (hence the
>smiley). Many people shutdown their systems for no reason. They just
>think that's the way to do it and do not realize what their options are.
>
>  When I'm going to use my computer, I don't have to turn it on, I don't
>have to boot it, I don't have to wait for Windows to fully start, I don't
>have to wait for a sign-on to finish to the Desktop and I don't have to
>wait to restart all my programs/windows. I just tap the keyboard or the
>'mouse' and am back where I left off, in a few seconds (if that much).
>
>  It's notable that people Char and I, who are used to (also) work with
>laptops, use the sleep/hibernate mechanisms, while people who only
>use(d) 'desktops' have a strong tendency to shutdown/turn-off at the end
>of the day and turn-on/boot_etc. in the morning.
>
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