OK, but it's the standard Microsoft driver. Why wouldn't it support power
saving? That makes no sense.
You saying I need to buy a different keyboard to use the sleep function?
That sounds downright nuts.
"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OOawPmOPHHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> A generic driver provides basic function (IE: it works in normal
> operation), they don't always support advanced features like power saving
> features.
>
> --
> 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:77423D97-8ED8-47E8-8063-D2FEEA389762@microsoft.com...
>> Did a quick check. This is a generic keyboard using the Microsoft
>> keyboard driver. That ought to work, yes? So why doesn't it? Or could
>> there be a different problem?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:uy%23OzxNPHHA.140@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> 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...
>>>
>>
>