How to turn Hibernate on or off in Windows Vista

Sunday, September 2, 2007 17:33
Posted in category Windows Vista Tips
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Most 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.

  1. Open the Start Menu.
  2. Right click Command Prompt.
  3. Select Run as administrator.
  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.

Note: That if you decide to turn off hibernate in Windows Vista, it won’t show on the Start Menu.

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17 Responses to “How to turn Hibernate on or off in Windows Vista”

  1. Mike says:

    June 19th, 2008 at 4:22 pm

    Thanks for this – quick, simple and easy! :D

  2. Malbhai says:

    September 3rd, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    :smile: Thank you. :idea: Step No.3 is maine :arrow: [Select Run as administrator.] :smile:

  3. aakash says:

    September 26th, 2008 at 7:03 am

    thanks buddy
    you made my day

  4. Ha Nguyen says:

    November 17th, 2008 at 5:04 am

    thanks so much! bless u

  5. Shawn DesRochers says:

    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 :smile:

  6. Rose Carry says:

    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.

  7. Atula says:

    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

  8. MajorThump says:

    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.

  9. Cosmos says:

    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!

  10. alejandro says:

    July 29th, 2009 at 4:02 am

    thanks man owe u one

  11. Jed says:

    September 8th, 2009 at 6:55 am

    thanx! it helps a lot… :wink:

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  13. Melissa Lowe says:

    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 :smile:

  14. YurenNhan says:

    April 27th, 2010 at 3:11 am

    Thanks alot.
    Its very useful for me.

  15. Rob @ buy wood burning stove says:

    August 3rd, 2010 at 2:30 am

    Hi
    How to turn off the feature that the background sound of my pc lowers if someone talks on skype/vent in vista?

  16. joey says:

    September 27th, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    awesome!!!!
    Thanks a lot!!!

  17. vtd says:

    May 15th, 2011 at 3:23 pm

    So simple :D Thanks

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