Gdetrailer wrote:
Naio wrote:
Those windows settings don't always work. Depends on what version of windows you have. XP might be ok, but, on the newer versions of windows you can select 'never sleep' all you want but the computer will still sleep.
Umm. No, not correct.
I just double checked one of my Win7 machines..
Win7 gives you MANY MORE "options" in the power settings than XP, some options DEPEND on you setting OTHER "options" correctly in order to stop all the power savings sleep modes.
XP was much simpler but in simpler you had less options for tweeking. Win7 and above the multitude of options allows for some fine tuning..
What the problem is, the power settings are a lot harder to FIND in Win7 and up, they are buried and not where one would expect.
While one could use a third party software to turn off power savings modes (easy) it is not necessary if you are not lazy and willing to kick some Windoze settings tires along the way (a bit harder)..
For me, the settings were easy to find and understand. I didn't mention windows 7 because I have, as I said, had this experience with many modern versions of windows. Perhaps it is an issue with laptop manufacturers customising windows.
In windows 7 light version, of course, MANY of the user settings appear to work (no error message) but do not in fact work. You cannot set your own desktop wallpaper, for example.
