Don't Sleep helps prevent system Shutdown, Standby, Hibernate, Turn Off and Restart operations. This is useful to temporarily disable automatic power-saving tools without modifying any system settings. Works great for running a presentation, defragmenting a disk, or encoding a large file.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DontSleep_p.exe or DontSleep_x64_p.exe (for 64-bit OS). |
What's new? | See: https://softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/DontSleep/History |
Does this stop automatic restarts after windows updates?
v9.21
Don't Sleep 7.55 released https://www.softwareok.com/?Download=DontSleep
v7.51
I have been using this app for years and love it.
v6.36
Super happy with this portable app. Use it to prevent Windows 7 machine from logging me out. Tried a bunch of workarounds to prevent the machine from logging me out (work laptop) when I'm using it at home, no joy. THIS program worked like a charm. THANK YOU!
v5.66
WOW no comments for such a long time, this is a program I have used for many years and it still works great for me even now while using Windoze 10 does just what it says and does it perfectly.
MIKLO
v4.04
I think "Don't Sleep" should win an award for the most updated program on TPFW. :-) Works well though, thanks.
V2.64
I've been using Don't Sleep for some time now and it works great for me. It updates frequently but I never had a problem with the many previous versions. I use it when doing routine unattended maintenance, when making large backups and downloads.
V2.64
it dosn't work for me sorry,
i'm using antiscreensaver http://eng.softq.org/small_utils.htm, it's just work fine!
V2.19
I can't see the analogy to Shut Down Timer? That looks like a programme to set when to shut down the PC.
The thing about "Don't Sleep" is that it blocks shutdown or standby mode. A lot of new PC will automatically shut down when idle, which is annoying if you are for instance downloading stuff on a mobile internet connection, meaning that connection is broken and download lost.
I been using "Don't Sleep" for a while now, and must say it is a fantastic little programme :-)
Settings > Power Options > Power & sleep > Sleep (&/or Screen): select value from 1 min to never.
v9.44