With the following procedure, you can verify or set the time when the VAIO computer goes on standby. If you set the VAIO computer to automatically go on standby when the receiver is turned off, you do not need perform any operations on the VAIO computer, which may be in a remote location. If you do not do so, it is then necessary to perform operations on the connected VAIO computer, to put it on standby or turn it off.
By default, the VAIO computer automatically goes on standby when it is idle for a few minutes.
1 On the Start menu, click Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, and then Power Options.
The Power Options Properties dialog box appears.2 On the Power Schemes tab, select the times for System standby and/or System hibernates.
Set these times to at least three minutes. If you set them to None, the computer does not go on standby or hibernate.
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With the settings in the screen above, the VAIO computer automatically goes on standby 20 minutes after the receiver is turned off.
3 Click OK.