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I like to always ensure my computer is locked when I leave my desk. I am also fine with my monitors being set to go to sleep—in fact, I want to be able to have my monitors off if I’m not actively using the computer. However, I also will often have tasks running or music playing.
I don’t want to come back to my computer to find that no progress was made on my tasks due to it entering standby due to me securing it by turning off the screen. I also don’t want my computer to enter connected standby and disconnect my USB WiFi adapter from the network it was on (OK, that probably shouldn’t happen but it’s not the question I’m asking right now). I don’t want to have to have my screen on/unlocked to keep my music playing. I don’t want to have to keep my screen on/unlocked to keep my CPU-bound tasks running.
How do I configure Windows so that it will only enter standby only when I close the lid instead of also when the monitors are sleeping?
I looked at the docs at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/turning-off . It has this language:
But, whenever the screen is off, the system is in standby, maintaining connectivity and ready to instantly resume.
It looks like Windows intentionally doesn’t offer the functionality I want. How do I get it anyway? Is my only option to backup all my files, configure my BIOS to not have S0, and then reinstall Windows to get the old style sleep back (assuming that’s even an option)? I’d rather not because I otherwise like the fast resume of S0.
I’m running Windows 1903 build 18358.1 on a Dell XPS 15 9570.
binki
Posted 2019-03-19T19:17:46.150
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