This article is as short and simple as it is useful in reporting a Windows tool that denies the computer to shut down before downloading a file from the internet ends . Windows energy saving options provide very useful customization features with which to define the times within which the computer must go into stand-by, in suspension or just turn off.
However, especially when using the laptop, the energy plans set to save battery and that allow the system to go into standby or sleep mode, interrupt downloads and downloads of videos or large files that take time.
On such occasions, remember to temporarily disable them.
The best solution is therefore to use the open source tool Coffee which serves to keep the computer awake and prevent the system from hanging or turning off, until the download is complete .
After downloading Coffee, a free tool for Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista and Windows XP, 32 and 64 bit PCs, you can start it from the desktop after installation.
In the window that appears, select the network card in use and set the download threshold, the one that prevents the PC from turning off according to the energy plan.
For example, if you are downloading a file at a speed of 80 Kb / s, you can set a threshold of 20 Kbps so, as long as the download speed remains above that threshold, the PC will always remain active and awake.
Coffee (which works like a coffee for the computer) allows you to maintain the energy saving power plan (always recommended to save energy) and at the same time keeps the system awake when there is a download in progress.
Coffee is different from Don't sleep which prevents the computer from shutting down or going into sleep for some time, without conditions.
If instead you only need to prevent the computer from going to sleep when you see, for example, a movie on the PC, you can use Mouse Jiggler which does nothing but simulate the movement of the mouse to prevent the screen from turning off.
