My sister's laptop

[anon]

If you've hibernated the machine first, then obviously not. Otherwise, sure. Make sure the computer isn't set to sleep (which is a different concept) after X minutes of inactivity in the power settings.

[Sazzy]

If I leave hibernation on, and if I want something to do that takes a lot of time, leave it over night, will it be doing it?

I suggest to disable all automatic sleep, hibernation etc on AC mode. I guess it's okay to let it automatically do this on battery so you don't lose any data. Since that won't happen on AC mode, I have turned all those settings off (including when closing the lid etc). When I'm done with my work, I just manually click start -> hibernate.

[anon]

I suggest to disable all automatic sleep, hibernation etc on AC mode. I guess it's okay to let it automatically do this on battery so you don't lose any data. Since that won't happen on AC mode, I have turned all those settings off (including when closing the lid etc). When I'm done with my work, I just manually click start -> hibernate.

[yoco]

I suggest to disable all automatic sleep, hibernation etc on AC mode. I guess it's okay to let it automatically do this on battery so you don't lose any data. Since that won't happen on AC mode, I have turned all those settings off (including when closing the lid etc). When I'm done with my work, I just manually click start -> hibernate.

Where do I find this option?

[anon]

Go to Start -> Run, type powercfg.cpl and press Enter.

[yoco]

I noticed that when I minimize some programs they "hide". Usually in XP you could see them in task bar, but here I can't see them, their icons. Can anyone plz tell if this can be fixed?

[seldom]

yoco, some of them can be found in the system tray (lower right corner), it's by design.

[yoco]

yoco, some of them can be found in the system tray (lower right corner), it's by design.

Thnx, and I actually meant that system tray and not task bar as I wrote (don't know why I did that??)

[Renji-Kun]

I noticed that when I minimize some programs they "hide". Usually in XP you could see them in task bar, but here I can't see them, their icons. Can anyone plz tell if this can be fixed?

read this and u will fix your system tray "problem"
show-more-all-icons-on-windows-7-system-tray

[Sazzy]

Personally I make em all hide except for sound, dropbox and the clock. Looks far too cluttered if they're all showing imho

[yoco]

I have an embarrassing question. Is my sister's laptop i5 dual core or quad core???

[Sazzy]

I have an embarrassing question. Is my sister's laptop i5 dual core or quad core???

all i3s are dual cores.
all i7s are quads.
i5 can be either one. since i haven't seen you specify which i5 you exactly have, it's very hard to say.

[yoco]

I'm not sure but I think it's dual core. Gonna check it out when I get my hands on it
I thought that all i5 are quads! How do you even know the difference?

[Sazzy]

if I recall correctly, the i5-7xx are a quad cores, the i5-6xx series are dual cores (both with hyper-threading.)

[yoco]

Guys, plz help me find the right drivers for the laptops graphic card. As said before it's Radeon HD6370. I don't wanna mess anything up!