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  2. Sleep mode - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Windows 2000 and later support sleep at the operating system level (ACPI S3 state) without special drivers from the hardware manufacturer, except of video adapters. Windows Vista's Hybrid sleep feature saves the contents of volatile memory to hard disk before entering sleep mode. If power to memory is lost, it will use the hard disk ...

  3. Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions - Wikipedia

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    Windows 10: IA-32, x64: Windows Store: Yes Yes Yes (USB 3.1 and Thunderbolt 3) Yes Yes Windows Store, PowerShell: Windows Update, WSUS, Windows Store: Win32, .NET, WinRT, Linux: DLL, KMD, WDM, KMDF, UMDFv1, UMDFv2 Yes Yes Yes 12 Windows Server 2016: x64: Windows Store: Yes Yes Yes (USB 3.1 and Thunderbolt 3) Yes Yes Windows Store: Windows ...

  4. Hibernation (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Windows 10 mirrors Windows 8 as noted by Microsoft. [3] Windows 10's hibernation algorithm is solid-state drive optimized. This behavior is carried over to Windows 11. Hibernation is often underused in business environments as it is difficult to enable it on a large network of computers without resorting to third-party PC power management ...

  5. Save All Around by Powering Your Computer Down -- Savings ...

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    The sleep mode on your computer is designed to keep the machine on while drawing a small amount of. Having to boot up your computer each time you want to use it can be inconvenient, but keeping it ...

  6. List of Microsoft Windows versions - Wikipedia

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    Upon the release of Windows 10 in 2015, the ARM-specific version for large tablets was discontinued; large tablets (such as the Surface Pro 4) were only released with x86 processors and could run the full version of Windows 10. Windows 10 Mobile had the ability to be installed on smaller tablets (up to nine inches); [16] however, very few such ...

  7. List of features removed in Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    As DirectMusic was based on DirectSound which is no longer hardware accelerated in Windows Vista, DirectMusic also is software-emulated in Windows Vista. [59] As a result, MIDI playback which is greatly sensitive to latency, timing and CPU usage can be choppy. Sounds cannot be played for balloon notifications anymore.

  8. Shutdown (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Shutdown options have been moved from a separate dialog box to the start menu, in Windows Vista and later versions of Microsoft Windows. The above is from Windows 7. In Microsoft Windows and ReactOS, a PC or server is shut down by selecting the Shutdown item from the Start menu on the desktop.

  9. Comparison of Windows Vista and Windows XP - Wikipedia

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    Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8.x Windows 10 Windows 11 Windows Defender: Available as a free download [12] Yes Yes (added antivirus capabilities, available in older versions as the Microsoft Security Essentials download) Windows Firewall: Yes Windows Security Center: Yes (starting with SP2) Yes Yes (replaced by Action Center)