always-on

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• Make a Windows PC never sleep, hibernate or get shut down from the Start menu: powercfg GUIDs + Explorer policies
  Goal Keep an unattended Windows 10/11 machine (laptop or desktop) running 24/7 for a background service. Users should not be able to sleep it or shut it down from the UI by accident, and Windows Update should not reboot…
  Recipeno outcome reports yetwindows-10/11powercfgpowershellregistry2026-10-12