{"id":1734,"date":"2025-11-09T23:43:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T23:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2025-11-09T23:43:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T23:43:30","slug":"powershell-and-command-power-settings-itemized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/?p=1734","title":{"rendered":"PowerShell and Command Power settings itemized"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.    <\/strong>Open an elevated Command Prompt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Search for “cmd” in the Start menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Right-click on “Command Prompt” and select “Run as Administrator”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disable hibernation:<\/strong>
powercfg.exe \/hibernate off<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disable all sleep states (including standby):<\/strong>
powercfg -change -standby-timeout-ac 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

powercfg -change -standby-timeout-dc 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.    <\/strong>Open an elevated PowerShell window:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Search for “PowerShell” in the Start menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Right-click on “Windows PowerShell” and select “Run as Administrator”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.        Disable hibernation:<\/strong>
PowerShell
Powercfg -Hibernate Off<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.       <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.        Disable all sleep states (including standby):<\/strong>
PowerShell
Powercfg -Change -Standby-Timeout-AC 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.        Powercfg -Change -Standby-Timeout-DC 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.       <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      AC vs. DC:<\/strong> The “-ac” and “-dc” options in the powercfg command distinguish between when the computer is plugged in (AC power) and when it’s running on battery (DC power).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Permanent change:<\/strong> These commands will permanently disable sleep and hibernation until you re-enable them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Elevated permissions:<\/strong> You need to run Command Prompt or PowerShell as an administrator for these commands to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Re-Enable Sleep and Hibernation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      To re-enable hibernation, use:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      powercfg.exe \/hibernate on (Command Prompt)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Powercfg -Hibernate On (PowerShell)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      To set specific timeouts for sleep modes, use the <\/strong>powercfg<\/strong> command with the desired timeouts in seconds.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me know if you’d like help customizing your timeout settings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Command Prompt 1.    Open an elevated Command Prompt: \u00b7      Search for “cmd” in the Start menu. \u00b7      Right-click on “Command Prompt” and select “Run as Administrator”. Disable hibernation:powercfg.exe \/hibernate off Disable all sleep states (including standby):powercfg -change -standby-timeout-ac 0 powercfg -change -standby-timeout-dc 0 PowerShell 2.    Open an elevated PowerShell window: \u00b7      Search for “PowerShell” in the Start menu. \u00b7      Right-click on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,98,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-command-line","category-it-knowledge-base-articles","category-windows","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1735,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734\/revisions\/1735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultrexstaff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}