Windows 7 weird sleep behaviour

Instead of jumping right on the issue, give me a minute to explain the situation carefully. Please don't TL:DR it and respond with unnecessary answers...

I had a very old install of Windows 7 (fully updated) installed on this computer. I mean really old, the installation date was December 25, 2009, I was forced to reinstall all recently, what brings me led to my question.
Whenever I put it in sleep mode, the computer you only some processes to dump the disk before sleeping, considerably reducing my consumption of RAM during the recovery, I'm talking way about 1.5 GB to 700 MB or less with steam and Skype running in the background after putting to sleep, it was really useful , but I don't remember what I did to windows to get it than that. At first, I thought Optimize tab of Wise Registry Cleaner has been the cause of it, but there do not have the same effect after trying it again. Then I thought it was the WinUtilities Optimizer Memory, well that was not the case either... Now time for the question.
Is there a way to get windows to behave as it did with either A) 3rd Party Software or B) Edit Windows? If so, HOWWW?
To justify this behavior was normal, I have another old installation of windows that does the same thing. It wasn't just a matter of time, it seems to be repeatable, given two of my machines did it, I don't remember everything I could have done in the last 3 years to make it to act that way. It seemed normal to me.

Hi fatguy1121,

Thanks for posting in the Microsoft Communities. Provide the following information:

·         Did you do changes on the computer before the show?

Follow these methods.

Method 1: Run the Troubleshooter of power.

Method 2: Follow the steps in the article.

Sleep and extended: frequently asked questions

For more information, please see this article.

Power plans: frequently asked questions

I hope this helps. Let us know if you need more assistance.

Thank you.

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