How to prevent Windows 7 going into sleep mode By Drew Mathers | July 27, 2015 1 1. Click: Start 2 2. Click: Control Panel 3a 3a. Click: System and Security (if Control Panel is set to: Category) 3b 3b. Click: Change battery settings (if Control Panel is set to: Category) 3c 3c. Click: Power Options (if Control Panel is set to: Icons) 4 4. Click: Change plan settings (on whatever plan is currently selected) 5 5. Select: Put the computer to sleep: [Never] 6 6. Click: [Save changes] Posted in Intermediate
![Select: Put the computer to sleep: [Never]](http://almost-painless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/how-to-prevent-windows-7-going-into-sleep-mode-05.png "Select: Put the computer to sleep: [Never]")
![Click: [Save changes]](http://almost-painless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/how-to-prevent-windows-7-going-into-sleep-mode-06.png "Click: [Save changes]")