Implementation Resources for Enterprises

There are many ways to activate sleep settings across entire networks of computers, including a number of native Microsoft Windows solutions, and a number of commercial software packages.

Native solutions for activating Windows sleep settings

These solutions utilize public domain software tools, and/or tools that you may already have at your disposal. Click on the links below to review information on tools to:

  1. Activate sleep settings
  2. Ensure that sleeping computers can still receive administrative software updates (such as security patches and antivirus definitions).
  3. Use a Remote Desktop Connection with a sleeping computer.