Put pc to sleep without stopping steam downloads

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Install Steam. I don't leave my gaming PC on all the time so when I'm downloading I'd prefer it to stay on and finish whatever game I'm pulling down rather than it falling asleep and I have to keep restarting it. Yes I know I could change the sleep settings but other than never sleeping, I'd run into the same issue. So my request is that Valve add this in as a setting. Please and thank you. Showing 1 - 6 of 6 comments. How about a auto shut off when done downloading, that way you don't have to set your computer to sleep.

How to turn the display off without stopping my download? Discussion in. By Taimur Asad does not work. Once the lid is closed, your laptop will continue to function normally. Step 1: From the Windows button menu, go to the control panel and double click power options. By now your laptop will not shut down when you close the lid and therefore you will be able to keep downloads going on.

Make use of the Firefox and chrome AutoShutdown extension for those using the firefox browser. With this extension comes, comes a custom OS command that will command your laptop to shutdown when all download tasks are done.

This helps to avoid heating problems for your laptop since the lid is close to the rest of the body and also controls and saves on your electricity bill. No inbuilt power settings to tweak. No command to run. Fine, there are two ways you can keep downloads active when you have closed the lid of your Mac.