We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As a PC user, you know the drill: whenever you want to turn on your computer, you have to reach under your desk to press the power button on ...

Whenever possible, a computer should be shut down from the operating system. This ensures open files are saved, temporary files are deleted, and applications and the operating system are properly ...

Although most people nowadays prefer to close the lid of their laptops, there may be times when you need to use your computer hardware’s Power Button once your work is over. Windows 11/10 allows you ...

Have you ever wanted the power button on your PC to do more than just turn off the PC? The Control Panel’s Power Options lets you change what the power button does, and there’s one power-button option ...

Is nothing working on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer? Is an application hanging, or is your PC unresponsive? Many people will reach for the hallowed Ctrl + Alt + Del keyboard shortcut, which ...

The goal of this build is to activate the power control on a standard PC motherboard by integrating a PIC microcontroller along with an IR transceiver. The goal of this build is to activate the power ...

If you have landed on this particular page, it’s most likely you have encountered a rare issue on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer, where you’re staring at your PC screen displaying the ...

Back when computers were harder to come by, and regularly banished to the ubiquitous computer room if they were in the home at all, they had a few features that can seem a little tricky to place the ...