StopSnooze

Generally speaking, Windows relies on the Power System to decide various actions, including putting your computer in sleep mode. If you never customized the Settings, then there is a good chance that the default mode set is the one for preserving energy and hence, your computer will enter sleep mode after a certain period of time.

While this can be fixed easily by turning off the sleep mode in the settings, sometimes this is not possible due to various reasons. StopSnooze is a tiny tool designed to prevent the PC from entering sleep mode even in the latter circumstances.

The app is portable, so you can get started by decompressing the archive and launching the tool via your favorite console app. You will be happy to learn that the tool can be configured to prevent sleep for a specific or while a certain process is running in the background.

The specific interval can be as short as you want or you can prolong it until the shell is terminated or you press a key. The tool may come in handy if you are performing large updates or uploading big files during the non-working hours when you are also unlikely to be away from keyboard.

The program can come in handy in various situations, such as when you do not want to enter the Windows settings and change the power options every time. Thanks to this tool, you can set the operating system to skip sleep mode altogether while a certain process is running.

In the eventuality that you are looking for something small and light to prevent Windows from sleeping while you perform various tasks that do not require your assistance or are are automatic in the background, then perhaps you can consider giving StopSnooze a try.