Standby

[henry1938]

using w7 firefox
how can i stop my lappy from going into standby about every 3 minutes especially when i do a defrag with ms essentials
thanks

[Buenchico]

You shouldn't need to defrag a Windows 7 machine. (I've had the Windows 7 computer I'm typing this on, turned on 24 hours per day and in near constant use, for around 15 months and I've certainly never even considered defragging it).

To the change 'Sleep' and 'Hibernate' settings for your laptop, go to Start > Control Panel > Power Options > Change Plan Settings (alongside your current plan) > Change Advanced Power Settings.

Click on the + next to 'Sleep'.

Click on the + next to 'Sleep After'.
Click on the setting to change it.

Repeat for 'Hibernate After'.
Click 'Apply' and 'OK'.

[henry1938]

thank u
mr b
all is ok now

[ivor4781]

defragging does no harm any way i do mine once a month ....
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/how-defrag-in-windows-7-windows-8-3493358/