If Away Mode is enabled on the PC, any power action mapped to Sleep causes the PC to enter Away Mode. Power actions include:
System button presses mapped to Sleep:
Hardware Power button.
Hardware Sleep button.
Mobile lid switch.
Human interface device (HID) button events:
HID Sleep button (such as on a USB keyboard).
HID Power button (such as on an IR remote control).
Windows Start menu power button.
Windows Start menu Sleep option.
Programmatically, with the SetSystemPowerState or SetSuspendState API.
The following power actions do not cause the PC to enter Away Mode:
Any power action mapped to Hibernate.
Automatically entering Sleep or Hibernate because of an idle time-out.
When the PC enters Away Mode, the following actions occur:
The primary display is turned off.
Analog audio is muted.
A notification is delivered to registered drivers and applications that the system has entered Away Mode. For more information, see Registering for Away Mode Notifications later in this paper.
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