Victek

>I would just appreciate if you all came out with some way to fix this
>little
> problem: when the computer is put down to sleep, it turns itself back on
> in
> less than a minute, whenever the lid is closed the same thing happens--as
> a
> result, my computer either has to be completely shut down or it is running
> all of the time, which is shortening the life of my computer. The real
> suggestion here is that Vista is a little crap and I can't find any
> practical
> way to help myself without having to mess with BIOS or things I don't
> understand--so next time I'm going to buy a Mac, because this is just
> getting
> ridiculous!
>

Try this:

My computer\manage\device manager\network adapters\power management tab

Uncheck the box that says "Allow this device to wake the computer"

This can also be done for the mouse.