Sleep settings overview

Settings in this subgroup control sleep, resume, and other related functionality.

Subgroup, GUID, aliases, and setting visibility

Topic	Description
Allow away mode	Specifies whether the system uses away mode. If this setting is disabled, away mode is not used even if programs request it.
Allow sleep with open remote files	Configures the network file system to prevent the computer from automatically entering sleep when remote network files are open.
Allow sleep states	Specifies whether the system uses low power sleep states.
Allow system required requests	Configures the power manager to accept or ignore application system required requests. These requests prevent the system from automatically entering sleep after a period of user inactivity.
Automatically wake for tasks	Specifies whether the system uses the system-wide wake-on-timer capability. The system can automatically use wake-on-timer on capable hardware to perform scheduled tasks. For example, the system might wake automatically to install updates.
Hibernate idle timeout	Specifies the duration of time after sleep that the system automatically wakes and enters hibernation.
Hybrid sleep	Specifies whether the system can enter hybrid sleep.
Sleep idle timeout	Specifies the duration of inactivity before the system automatically enters sleep.
Sleep unattended idle timeout	Specifies the duration of inactivity before the system automatically enters sleep after waking from sleep in an unattended state.