Fascinating. I never heard of that.
I have some el cheapo no-name keyboard. Not sure how to get a driver for
it. But I'll check it out. Thanks.
"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Sounds like the keyboard driver doesn't support the sleep function. Check
> for an updated one from the manufacturer, and if none is available you may
> need to disable sleep mode.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Hiawatha Bray" <watha@monitortan.com> wrote in message
> news:4EEF1549-76D9-45FC-918D-731777BA78B9@microsoft.com...
>> I'm running Vista Ultimate. It's set to the balanced power plan, which
>> means that it puts the computer to sleep after one hour of inactivity.
>> Just one little problem. It won't wake up. When I touch the mouse, I
>> see the login screen, but I can't type anything in it. Eventually, a
>> screen saver starts to run, But the computer will not resume what it was
>> doing, and I'm locked out of it and must reboot. Anybody got any idea
>> why this happens? It's certainly gotten me thinking that the sleep mode
>> is utterly broken...
>