Windows 10: Putting my desktop to sleep with one key.

I had an old generic USB keyboard that had the little crescent moon icon beside the F12 key. In Windows 7 and 10, I press it and the computer goes to sleep. (Desktop, not laptop).

That keyboard was old, so I found a Sun Microsystems PC keyboard at a rummage sale. - Model 320-1366-03.

https://i.imgur.com/zLfT0QZ.png

Yes, both keyboards are ivory. I find black keyboards suck as it reflects the glare from the monitors in the dark. Don't tell me to get a gamer glow keyboard. This is fine.

The new keyboard has the moon key but I can't get it to shut Windows down like the older keyboard.

I did some reading and I found lots of "Press the Windows key, then R, then S, then 8, then % then twirl three times, then yodel" instructions (sarcasm here).

I just want one hotkey I press to put it to sleep, without hitting 17 keys. I might as well simply use the mouse to say, Sleep!

There has to be a way to program a hotkey, press it once, zzzzz.

Anyone figure this out?

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after putting my desktop to sleep the mouse and keyboard are no longer active

Hi Cal,

Outdated drivers may be one of the possible causes why your mouse and keyboard is not working after putting your desktop from sleep. To assist you better, we'd like to gather more information:

• Have you made any recent changes prior to this issue?
• Have you tried updating your drivers?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

In the meantime, we suggest that you check for the latest update for the drivers.

Keep us posted if you need additional help.

 

Desktop Icons Won't Stay Put

Hi Laurie,

As per the issue description I understand that you are facing issues with desktop icons.

I suggest you try the following step in order to arrange the icons.

• Right click on the desktop.
• Click on view
• Check the option auto arrange icons.

Let us know if this helps.

Thanks.

 

windows 10 sleeping problem on closing the lid or put it on sleep

Hello,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community Forums.

As per description, you are facing issue with the sleep mode.

I would suggest you to follow methods given below and check



Method 1:

Run Power Troubleshooter

I would suggest you to run power troubleshooter which will tell you if there is something wrong with the power settings.

Follow these steps to run power troubleshooter.

• Press Windows key + X key and Select Control Panel
• Select Troubleshooting.
• Select View All on the top left corner.
• Run Power troubleshooter.

If issue still persists try method 2.

Method 2:

Follow these steps check the Power Options settings. You can set them to default and check.

a. Press Windows key + X

b. Select Power Options.

c. Check if the preferred plan is Balanced.

d. Click on Change when the computer sleeps and select
Restore Default settings for this plan.



If issue didn’t get resolve try method 3.

Method 3: Create a power plan

• 
  Press Windows key + X
  
• 
  Select Power Options.
  
• 
  Click where it says "Create a power plan" in the area on the left side of the Power options window.
  
• 
  Select a power plan to start with such as
  "Balanced" or "High performance" and then click "Next."
  
• 
  Select a number of minutes you want both the display and the computer sleep mode, and then click "Create."
  

Hope this information is helpful. Do let us know if you need any further assistance, we'll be glad to assist you.