what do you mean "booting up the computer again doesn't always solve
the problem"? what exactly happens? what do you see? what errors are
in the event log? what kind of computer? what video card and do you
have the latest drivers for it? do you have all the updates from
Windows Update?
On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:13:03 -0800, Stanor
<Stanor@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
>Stanor - I have a worse problem with the sleep mode. The computer puts itself
>into sleep mode if I don't touch it for about 30 seconds, and then it is
>almost impossible to get it to come out of sleep mode whatever I do. Even
>booting up the computer again doesn't always solve the problem. Any
>suggestions from anyone would be appreciated.
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
> Quote:
>> also, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941649 which seems to be
>> fixing lots of misc. problems.
>>
>> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:01:01 -0700, jhackp3b8
>> <jhackp3b8@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> Quote:
>> >My problem is that when my computer goes into sleep mode, once it is wakened,
>> >I have to restart the computer in order to reconnect to the internet. If I
>> >don't the network says "identifying NETGEAR (my home network)" and under
>> >Access: it says Local only instead of Local and Internet. I tried doing the
>> >power options thing, but my computer was already set to the option suggested.
>> >I also tried the command prompt thing, but I have no idea what it means or
>> >what I should do about it. It is incredibly inconvenient to restart the whole
>> >system in order to regain internet connectivity with my network. The only
>> >thing I can think of is resetting the sleep options so that either it
>> >doesn't sleep or to set the timer to a much higher time. That's ok if it's
>> >plugged in, but if I'm using the battery that option will eventually kill the
>> >battery life. Please help...
>> >
>> >"BuzzLightyear" wrote:
>> >
>> >> To make Windows go to sleep mode correctly I have to disable the option to
>> >> wake up the system with the keyboard, otherwise it goes to sleep mode but
>> >> suddenly restarts. Also, after restoring from sleep mode, network
>> >> connectivity doesn't work and using Network diagnosis I have to restore LAN
>> >> settings
>> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS Windows-MVP
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
>> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>> --
Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/