Press the "Power" button on your computer or the "Sleep" button on your keyboard to immediately put the monitor to sleep.

With Auto Shutdown and a quick access button to put your computer to sleep you'll have the best of both worlds and never have your computer nod off again in the middle of an important download.

You can easily shave a few bucks off your monthly electric bill by putting your computer to sleep.

The video bloggers at Tekzilla aren't keen on the way the Power button in the Vista Start menu sleeps your computer by default rather than shutting it down, and neither are we. As the video above ...

Use the drop-down menu to the right of "Put the computer to sleep" to adjust the length of time before the computer goes to sleep. Click the "Save Changes" button to immediately apply your changes.