Fast startup is a handy feature that is usually enabled by default on Windows 10 and 11, but if you aren't sure, here's how to turn it on and off.

On Windows 11, you can use the PowerCFG tool to control the power settings from Command Prompt, and in thig guide, I'll show you how.

powercfg /requests is only for things currently keeping the computer awake. The correct command to pair with /devicedisablewake is powercfg -devicequery wake_armed. Only devices on that list can ...

Get a detailed battery report. Use powercfg /batteryreport to generate a thorough report showing information about battery usage for the current device over time.

I've got it fixed, or at least a workaround, but I ran into an odd Windows 11 hibernation issue. Windows 11 was waking itself up from hibernation. I know that there are tasks that can be set to do ...

In XP, Powercfg is limited to a few settings like monitor, disk, standby and hibernate timeouts, as well as processor throttling. In Vista, it grows up, adding the capability to control wireless ...