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XP: Disable or Enable Hibernation

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Hibernation does not make sense for a lot of desktop systems but it is perfect for systems such as notebooks. Here is how to turn hibernation on or off in your XP system.

Vista: Restore the Hibernate Option

If you have used the Disk Cleanup Utility and utilized it to clear the hibernation file, you may be surprised to find that the Hibernate option is no longer available. You can restore the hibernate option by following these instructions:

Vista: Change the Start Menu Power Button Settings

If the current setting for the Start Menu power button do not meet your needs, you can easily change it (to sleep, hibernate, or shutdown) by following these instructions:

Vista: What Sleep States are Available on Your Computer?

Depending on your video card, some sleep states may not be available on your computer. You can see what states are available as well as what states are unavailable and why. This is done by using the command-line utility, powercfg. Here’s how:

Ubuntu: Make Your Laptop Enter Suspend or Hibernate Mode When You Close the Lid

By using Ubuntu’s Power Management Preferences, you can set your laptop to either enter a Suspended state (also known as ACPI sleep) or go into hibernate mode. The Suspend setting is good for short periods of inactivity (or while you are plugged in) since it does use a small amount of power, while the Hibernate mode works better for longer periods of inactivity (or while you are on battery power) since it writes the RAM contents to the hard drive.

Vista: Enable / Disable Hibernate Mode from the Command Line

Instead of using the GUI (Control Panel | Power Options | Power Plan) to enable or disable Hibernate, you can do this from the command line.

BlackBerry: Set Your Device to Automatically Turn On and Off

If you want to conserve battery power, you can set your BlackBerry to turn off and on at set times by using the Auto On/Off function. I set mine to turn off at my bedtime and turn back on right before I am to awake so that it’s ready to go.

Windows 7: Check Your System’s Power Efficiency

By running a Power Efficiency Diagnostics Report, you can view an analysis of your system and check common energy efficiency and battery life problems as well as check for errors and warnings for your power setup and hardware.

Windows 7: Change the Start Menu Power Button Settings

If the current setting for the Start Menu power button do not meet your needs, you can easily change it (to sleep, hibernate, or shutdown) through the following instructions.

OS X Lion: How to Set Your Apple ID

With iCloud coming and AirDrop already here, it is very useful to set your Apple ID within Lion so that you can utilize these services.

Google+ for Android: Use a photo from Google+ as your Android wallpaper

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This tech-recipe will explain how to use any photo in your stream or any of your Circles photo albums as your Android phone’s wallpaper.  This of course only works with Android phones and requires having the Google+ app for Android installed.

OS X Lion: Prevent Mission Control from Rearranging Spaces

By default, Lion’s Mission Control rearranges spaces based on recent use. If you have your spaces set up the way you want them and don’t want Mission Control messing this up, you can disable this and keep your spaces in their original position.

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