Recent content by walroose

Alright, I understand what you're talking about now, thank you. But I've already tried changing my power plan several times, and it doesn't seem to make a difference. And again, I hear what you're saying about hibernate, but now I'm more concerned with the Sleep function. My computer won't sleep...

Thank you, I can see it just fine. Even if I don't need it right now I'm glad I know how to do it now. Well, I'd love to create a new power profile but as I've stated three times already, I don't know anything about computers and therefore I have no idea what that means. If you recommend not...

You might not believe it but I'm really trying my best here. Well, I managed to obtain an energy report - now the problem is that I can't open the file to view it! In both IE and Firefox I got a 'file not found' message. Any suggestions? Here's what's going on.

Oh, sorry, then would Q501LA be the model number? Like I said, you really have to assume I know nothing about computers. If I did you wouldn't find me here begging for help on what is probably a simple problem! Okay, I've got powercfg to open up the list of command prompts, but I'm not sure...

Thanks for answering. Would you mind explaining that a little? Do you mean in Command Prompt or am I looking at the wrong thing? I know it's a pain but steps or a link to somewhere with steps would be greatly appreciated. My computer is an Asus Atheros ar5b225, if you need any more information...

Hello everybody, I'm brand new to the forum, not too tech savvy, and I'm experiencing a problem with my laptop. I noticed a (very long) thread that is exploring issues with Windows 8.1 not sleeping properly, and while I've also had issues putting my computer to sleep, I'm more concerned right...