Take full control of your PC’s sleep modes with Stand-Bye!

Stand-Bye! is a free tool which suspends your PC when it’s idle, saving energy and extending battery life. This starts much like Windows, with a simple "activate standby after x minutes idle time" setting. Simple. What’s more interesting is that Stand-Bye! gives you complete control over how "idle time" is defined. The program monitors CPU, RAM, hard drive and network use, and allows you to set custom thresholds for each value. You could have Stand-Bye! keep your PC awake if there’s any significant network activity, for instance, ensuring it won’t interrupt any downloads. Or you might decide it’s okay to… [Continue Reading]