How to turn Hibernate on or off in Windows Vista
Windows Vista Tips Posted by Shawn DesRochers September 2nd, 2007Most windows users don’t use hibernate and wish to disable this feature. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to turn it off and on again if you decide you wish to use it.
If you don’t need your computer to Hibernate or want to turn it back on again follow the steps below.
- Open the Start Menu.
- Right click Command Prompt.
- Select Run as administrator.
- To turn hibernation off type the following “powercfg -hibernate off” without the quotes.
- To turn Hibernation on type the following “powercfg -hibernate on” without the quotes.
Note: That if you decide to turn off hibernate in Windows Vista, it won’t show on the Start Menu.
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June 19th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Thanks for this – quick, simple and easy!
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September 3rd, 2008 at 1:19 pm
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September 26th, 2008 at 7:03 am
thanks buddy
you made my day
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November 17th, 2008 at 5:04 am
thanks so much! bless u
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November 17th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Your welcome everyone, I am glad you found it usefull. Be sure to visit frequently as I will try to post new Windows Tips & Tricks every day!
Sincerly,
Shawn DesRochers
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November 28th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
On my computer, I have to use a “/” instead of the “-”. Just in case this was not working for someone else.
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June 15th, 2009 at 1:17 am
You do the same but with step “Select Run as administrator” I thing You should choose ‘Msconfig”
and choose “Tool” tap and choose Enable UAC type Launch
and do the same on:
4.To turn hibernation off type the following “powercfg -hibernate off” without the quotes.
5.To turn Hibernation on type the following “powercfg -hibernate on” without the quotes
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June 19th, 2009 at 4:53 am
i did this and it tells me that I do not have permision to inable or disable hibernate mode. The I right clicked the cmd aplication and selected run as admin then typed in powercfg -hibernate on then it does nothing.
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July 18th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Now, after about two years of time, I find this hibernating feature being used here as a new one! I missed a lot by not visiting your blog earlier!
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July 29th, 2009 at 4:02 am
thanks man owe u one
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September 8th, 2009 at 6:55 am
thanx! it helps a lot…
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February 12th, 2010 at 8:00 am
Thanks Rose, I had hard time getting it to work with “-” and used “/”, no problems from then on