Most newer PCs enter a low-power state, often called "Modern Standby," when you tell them to sleep. This is like a ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: In the last few days, no more than a couple of weeks, this problem has appeared: When I put the computer to ...

Should You Shut Down Your Laptop or Just Close the Lid?

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It will soon be possible to hibernate your Chromebook instead of simply putting it to sleep, allowing it to conserve even more battery while not in use. When you close your Chromebook or walk away ...

I'm assuming you've done the requisite googling so i didn't bother. I had a look at what events i could find in .net, since i had the help open, and services are notified of all power event changes.