How to Prevent Windows 10 from Going to Sleep

Sleep is a feature on your computer that allows you to save your computers state in a very low power mode. Sleep can be continent when you aren't going to use your computer for a while and you want to save everything that is open, but it can also cause problems. Having your computer go to sleep can be annoying when it comes on too fast, or when it causes issues with your games. But don't worry, this wikiHow will teach you how to prevent Windows 10 from going to sleep.

Method 1
Method 1 of 2:
Using the Settings App

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    Open the Settings app. Click the Start
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    button in the lower-left corner of your screen and select the settings gear
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    .
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    Open the System category. It's the first category to the very left of the app.
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    Select Power and sleep from the left pane.[1]
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    Disable sleep. Set both of the drop down menus under "Sleep" to "Never".
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Method 2
Method 2 of 2:
Using the Control Panel

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    Open the Control Panel. You can do this by right clicking the Start
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    button, and then clicking on "control panel" in the context menu that comes up. #*You can also open the control panel by pressing ⊞ Win+X at the same time.
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    Open Power Options. It will be under the "System and Security" header.[2]
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    Click on the link ‘Choose when to turn off the display‘ from the left pane of the window screen.
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    Set both the drop down menus next to "Sleep" to Never. Make sure to save the changes before closing the window.
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References

  1. ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027067/windows-10-how-to-adjust-power-and-sleep-settings
  2. ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/shut-down-sleep-or-hibernate-your-pc-2941d165-7d0a-a5e8-c5ad-8c972e8e6eff

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