Easy Guide: How to Enable Hibernate Mode on Windows 8 without Admin Rights
Hibernate is a power-off mode that saves battery life for the laptop. When your PC is in hibernate mode, all unfinished and unsaved work or settings will be transferred from RAM to the hard drive, and then it shuts down. When you reboot it, everything will be loaded back into RAM, and then your PC wakes up to continue its work.
In this article, we describe how to enable hibernate mode on windows 8 without admin rights. to find out more, read the following content.
How to Add Hibernate to the Start Menu?
If you do not see the hibernate option in the Start menu, you need to follow the steps below to add hibernate to the Start menu.
1.Hold the Windows + R hotkeys and type powercfg.cpl in the run window and hit Enter, or instead, hold Windows + X hotkey.
2.Select the Power Options from the pop-up menu.
3.Click on the Choose what the power buttons do link from the left side pane.
4.Now, select the Change settings that are currently available link. It may ask you to enter the administrator password.
5.Checkmark the Hibernate option. It will add the hibernate option to your Start menu.
6.Select the save changes button.
7.whenever you want, you can change the Power or Sleep button functions by using the drop-down menu in front of each function. But, by default, the Power button will shut down your Pc completely, and the Sleep button will put your PC into sleep mode.
How to Enable Auto-Hibernate on Windows 8?
1.Hold the Windows + R hotkeys and type powercfg.cpl in the run window and hit Enter, or instead, hold Windows + X hotkey.
2.Select the Power Options from the pop-up menu.
3.Select the Change plan settings link. The active plan has a check-marked box next to it.
4.Select the Change advanced power settings option. This action will open a Power Options window.
5.To change your Sleep settings, expand the Sleep option.
6.Now, you will see three different options, Sleep, Hibernate, and Hybrid Sleep. And you need to know the difference between each one.
- Sleep: Sleep mode stores the opened programs in the computer’s RAM and then go to a low-power mode. Sleep mode will still drain your battery if you use a laptop, but slower than when you use a computer.
- Hibernate: Hibernate is a power-off mode that transfers data from RAM to the hard drive, and then your PC shuts down. Hibernate mode drains zero power as compared to Sleep mode which drains a small power.
- Hybrid mode: Hybrid mode is a combination of Hibernate and sleep mode, which is designed for computers that are always plugged in. In hybrid mode, opened programs will be stored on both the hard disk and memory and then the computer will go into a low-power mode. If a power outage happened, you could continue your work since the data is stored on the hard disk.
7. Expand the Hibernate after option.
8. Then, enter a time on a box in front of the On battery option. It is a time when your PC is idle before switching to Hibernate.
If there was not any hibernate after option, you should select the Change settings that are currently unavailable option at the top of the window. It may ask you to enter the administrator password.
If you are using a Hybrid Sleep instead of Hibernate for your desktop, it will reboot faster, but it will take a little more power than hibernate.
To enable the Hybrid Sleep option, you need to expand the Allow hybrid sleep.
9. If you enable Hibernate, set the Sleep after option to Never. Because they will conflict with each other. So, expand the Sleep after option and select Never.
10. Then, choose the Apply button to save your changes. Then, your computer goes into sleep mode or hibernate mode after the time you specified.
How to Enable Hibernate Mode on Windows 8 without Admin Rights?
1.Hold the Windows + R hotkeys and type powercfg.cpl in the run window and hit Enter, or instead, hold Windows + X hotkey.
2.Select the Power Options from the pop-up menu.
3.Click on the Choose what closing the lid does option from the left side pane.
4.To enable the Hibernate, Sleep, and Lock options, click on the Change settings that are currently unavailable.
5.Checkmark the box of the Show Hibernate option.
Then, click on the Save Changes button.
If there was not any Hibernate option, you need to enable it on your PC. To do so, follow the steps below:
- Open Command Prompt by typing CMD in the Window Start search. Right-click on the Command Prompt from the pop-up result and select the Run as administrator option.
- Once the Command Prompt window pops up, copy and paste this command: Powercfg /hibernate
- Now, you can find Hibernate on the Power option.
Troubleshooting
- Some video cards do not support all of the Windows’ Sleep options, so you need to update your video card drivers. If you update your drives, it will enable these functions, but if you have an older card, you will not get the option.
To do so, follow these steps:
- Check out the website of the video card manufacturer. To distinguish the manufacturer, Open the Run box by pressing Windows + R hotkey. Type dxdiag in the pop-up window. Then, choose the Display tap.
- Download the latest driver for your video card. For instance, Nvidia and AMD have some tools on their websites that help you with automatically detecting your video card and downloading the newest drivers. To search, you can find the website of a specific model in the dxdiag window.
- Now, run the installer and follow the prompts. Most of the update process will be hands-off. While installing, your screen may shut off or blink.
2. Check the settings of BIOS. The BIOS of the motherboard specifies the availability of the Sleep options. Usually, these options are enabled but sometimes on some motherboards, you need to enable the functionality yourself.
To access your BIOS on Windows 8, follow these steps:
- Open Settings via the Charms bar.
- Press Shift and click on the Power button and choose Restart.
- From the advanced startup menu, select Troubleshooting.
- Choose the UEFI Firmware Settings option.
- Now, find the option that let you enable the various Sleep modes. Locations are different depending on the manufacturer.
Final Words
There are three types of shutdown modes that are saving the battery power of your PC, and it is also more comfortable for your work. In this article, you learned how to enable hibernate mode. Have you ever worked with hibernate mode? How do you like to use it? Do you know any other methods to enable the hibernate mode?
Hopefully, this article will be helpful for you.
