[TipJar] Before you flick me off… (Windows 7 edition)

Nov 04

ErinNon-FLOSS, Tipjar , No Comments

This is a spin-off of the original article found here. For the rationale on the benefits and gotchas for hibernation then refer to the original post. This post is dedicated on how to enable hibernation in Windows 7 as the instruction has changed.

Enabling the hibernation feature requires that the process be done using an administrative account on the machine.

  • Open an administrative command window by pressing the Window key, typing cmd, highlighting the cmd entry under the Programs group, and pressing Ctrl+Shift+Enter.

  • Execute the command “powercfg -h on” to enable the hibernate feature.

    • powerconfig

  • Open the Power Options group in the Control Panel and click the “Change plan settings” of the current active plan.

    • current active plan

  • Click on the “Change advanced power settings” link in the resulting window.

    • power advance settings

  • Under the Sleep tree item, disable the hybrid sleep option. The hibernate option will not be available if this option is enabled.

    • hybrid sleep off

  • Click on the Apply button and dismiss all succeeding dialog windows. The hibernate option should now be present on the Shutdown submenu.

    • hibernate-win7

ciao!