Description
You are downloading something big, running a backup, or leaving an old program on, and the PC drifts into standby and the task breaks. Changing power options is a chore and you have to change them back. Don't Sleep is a free portable tool of a couple hundred KB that keeps Windows from sleeping, standing by or turning off the screen without touching your power settings, and lets go when you want.
It also works the other way: a timer can shut down, restart or log off at a set time, and it can decide by network traffic or CPU load, so the machine stays awake while work is running and sleeps once it finishes. Unzip and run, no installer.
Block sleep and standby: prevents sleep, standby, screen off, screensaver and logoff, without changing the power plan.
Timer: release the block after a set time, or shut down or restart at a chosen time.
Traffic and load rules: allow shutdown or sleep only when network traffic or CPU load drops, so downloads are not interrupted.
Tray menu: shut down, restart, log off or sleep right from the tray.
Command line: start parameters for scripts and scheduled tasks.
Portable and multilingual: no installation, many languages, free to use.
It also works the other way: a timer can shut down, restart or log off at a set time, and it can decide by network traffic or CPU load, so the machine stays awake while work is running and sleeps once it finishes. Unzip and run, no installer.
Features
Block sleep and standby: prevents sleep, standby, screen off, screensaver and logoff, without changing the power plan.
Timer: release the block after a set time, or shut down or restart at a chosen time.
Traffic and load rules: allow shutdown or sleep only when network traffic or CPU load drops, so downloads are not interrupted.
Tray menu: shut down, restart, log off or sleep right from the tray.
Command line: start parameters for scripts and scheduled tasks.
Portable and multilingual: no installation, many languages, free to use.
