Screen black after a short time: disable standby

You are working on an important document and get up briefly to get a coffee. When you come back, your PC screen is black after a short time. You can easily turn off this standby mode.

How to disable standby mode?

Disable standby mode, the screen of your Windows PC will not turn black after a while and you can continue working right after your break. This works as follows:

1. Press the Windows key on your keyboard to open the Start menu.
2. In the search bar, type "Power saving mode" and click the hit "Change power saving mode".
3. In the new window, select for your screen "Turn off in power mode after: Never".
4. If you wish, you can also set here that your PC does not switch to sleep mode after a few minutes of inactivity.

What are the advantages of standby mode?

Microsoft has of course thought of something with standby mode. For example, you save energy when your screen is not running continuously. This is especially important for laptops if you are traveling and can't charge the battery while on the road.By the way, if you take a longer break, Windows 7's "Hibernate" option is worthwhile. Here, open programs and documents are saved on the hard drive when the screen goes off. Der PC verbraucht aber keinen Strom. Anders als beim Herunterfahren müssen Sie die benötigten Programme nicht neu öffnen, sondern können sofort mit Ihrer Arbeit fortfahren.