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Hibernation and Your Computer

Many people with desktop computers don't know that you can hibernate your computer, instead of powering off. You do not need to be using a notebook/laptop to use power-saving features.

When a computer is put into hibernation a record is kept of everything that is in the computers memory (RAM). This includes information like what programs are running, all the files that are currently open (perhaps you're working on a Word document), etc. A snapshot is taken of exactly what is happening on your computer, which is then saved to disk in a special file. After it is saved, the computer is then switched off automatically. When you switch the computer back on that snapshot is read from disk and you are returned to exactly where you left off.
snapshot of computer

By default Windows is not configured to use the hibernation power saving features so we must enable them before we can use them.

Windows Users

Note: You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of either the Administrators or Power Users group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure.

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