Never Shutdown Your Computer Again
Shutting down your computer saves power and prevents computer parts from wearing down too soon, but closing all of your programs every night just to re-open them again the next morning can become quite annoying.
The programmers at Microsoft have the same problem, so they designed a feature called “hibernate.” When you hibernate your computer, all of your programs are saved just they way they are and then your computer is shut off. When you start the computer again, all of your computer programs are restored. It has all the benefits of leaving your computer on overnight without any of the drawbacks.
There’s just one catch: hibernate doesn’t work on all computers. It works really well on most laptops, but it may not work on older desktops. If it doesn’t work, you’ll lose any unsaved changes to your documents, so the first time you try it, make sure you save everything that’s important to you.
To hibernate, open the Start menu and click the Shutdown button. On the menu that appears, choose the Hibernate option—not the shutdown option. It will take a little longer to hibernate than it does to shutdown while your computer saves everything, but when the hibernating is finished, your computer should shut down like normal.
Shutting down your computer saves power and prevents computer parts from wearing down too soon, but closing all of your programs every night just to re-open them again the next morning can become quite annoying.
The programmers at Microsoft have the same problem, so they designed a feature called “hibernate.” When you hibernate your computer, all of your programs are saved just they way they are and then your computer is shut off. When you start the computer again, all of your computer programs are restored. It has all the benefits of leaving your computer on overnight without any of the drawbacks.
There’s just one catch: hibernate doesn’t work on all computers. It works really well on most laptops, but it may not work on older desktops. If it doesn’t work, you’ll lose any unsaved changes to your documents, so the first time you try it, make sure you save everything that’s important to you.
To hibernate, open the Start menu and click the Shutdown button. On the menu that appears, choose the Hibernate option—not the shutdown option. It will take a little longer to hibernate than it does to shutdown while your computer saves everything, but when the hibernating is finished, your computer should shut down like normal.
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