A little coffee pitcher icon will sit in your system tray showing that Caffeine is currently running. Running Caffeine is as simple as downloading, unzipping, and running the executable. There should be nothing on your computer that is waiting for the F15 key to be pressed, but if anything weird does begin to happen, you’ll know what’s causing it! The idea behind Caffeine is that every 59 seconds it simulates an F15 key press on your computer, so it believes you’re still at the machine and typing and won’t lock as a result. You can tell Don’t Sleep to only work within a specific time frame and even instruct it on what to do when the time is up.Ĭaffeine is another lightweight, portable option that you can use to stop Windows 10 from sleeping. Everything should be set up ready to use “out of the box,” but just to make sure, check that the options you want to block are checked under the “Block” category and that the blocker is set to “Enabled.” This makes it a useful tool to carry with you if you’re using multiple computers where you can’t edit the power options. “Portable” means that it doesn’t require an installation to run, allowing you to save it to a memory stick and run it on any machine. These will help keep the computer awake even if you can’t manually set the option in Windows 10.ĭon’t Sleep is a portable app that allows users to stop Windows 10 from sleeping. If this sounds like you, don’t fret there are solutions you can use via third-party apps. Perhaps you’re currently using an account where the settings are locked out, such as a work computer. If you use a laptop, you can set it to never sleep while plugged into the mains but still sleep when on battery power.īut let’s assume for a minute that you can’t access these power options. You may see more or less options depending on what kind of machine you’re using, but regardless of how many there are, setting all of these to “Never” will stop the computer from sleeping completely. Feel free to tweak these if you see any settings you’d like to change, but for the sake of this article we’ll focus on the “Sleep” category. On the right side you’ll see several options regarding power saving. Find the one that says “Power & Sleep” and click on it. On the left side are a list of categories. Given how we’re after the power options for now, we’ll click “System.”
Generally, if you want to tweak something in Windows 10, you can get to the options via this screen. A window will open displaying different options.
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