GSimpleWinSleepPreventer

More often than not, if you have Administrator on the PC you are working with, then changing the power settings is enough to prevent Windows from sleeping. However, the same does not apply to regular users. GSimpleWinSleepPreventer is a straightforward console application designed to help you prevent Windows from sleeping with or without Administrative rights.

For starters, it is worth mentioning that the tool uses kernel32 or SetThreadExecutionState, a process that has the role of stopping the computer from entering standby or turning off your monitor. According to the developer, the function can be further tweaked so that it can perform other modes of the execution state manually. More precisely, users can also modify away, continuous, display and system based on their needs and preferences.

In its default mode, the program comes with three quick functions, namely monitor, sleep and awake. As you probably hinted, the monitor mode prevents the powering down of the monitor, whereas awake keeps the system awake. The sleep mode simply prevents Idls-to-sleep, but without affecting the monitor.

The program can come in handy in a variety of situations, including the common one when you come back after a quick break only to discover your computer asleep. Since Windows has yet to accurately determine when a PC is not being used, sometimes it just enters sleep when you are watching a longer video or during a presentation. The app can help in both situations and numerous others.

Despite the fact that it is a console all, GSimpleWinSleepPreventer is quite intuitive regardless of whether you know your way around commands. If you want to prevent your computer from turning off the display as well as enter standby or sleep, then perhaps you can consider giving the tool a try.