Sleep mode with gradual awakening settings
Sleep mode with gradual awakening settings
Your Windows 11 settings are designed for longer inactivity, but it seems the wake-up delay is being adjusted. Try disabling the sleep timer temporarily or checking if your hardware supports faster wake options. For Windows 7, simply restarting should resolve the issue.
Consider upgrading to a better CPU or adding more RAM. If this issue occurred recently, it's likely bloatware is running in the background. Razer Cortex can help resolve this. It consumes around 50MB of RAM and frees up 2-3GB on a 16GB RAM laptop (even with bloatware present).
This applies mainly to older or lower-end machines. Windows 11 offers many more features that demand higher processing power and more memory. My friend with 4GB RAM and a Celeron 4000 CPU improved their boot time from about 1 minute 30 seconds to around 0 minutes 40 seconds by upgrading to Windows 7. I also appreciate the Warrior Cats I found, especially the first five series, sitting on my shelf. Edited April 10, 2024 by Hellowpplz
Intel 14900K with 64 GB DDR5 RAM on an M.2 slot—probably not the actual hardware.