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Old 03-19-2008   #4 (permalink)
.Joe


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Re: can't get computer to sleep..

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Kappa1 View Post
Darrin, did your readings also include the opposite effect? I can't get my
computer to wake up after going to sleep. Windows Vista Home Premium edition.

"Darrin" wrote:

> Well what do you know.... I solved my mystery. It appears that when you use
> Disc Cleanup it may disable your computer from going to sleep. On the
> microsoft site it said to click start, click accessories, right click command
> prompt then type "powercfg -h on". It worked.
> Hope it helps someone else.
> Darrin
>
> "Darrin" wrote:
>
> > When I firsy got this pc I was able to get it to sleep. Now just the monitor
> > will sleep.
> > I read most of the suggestions I found in here. With Device manager, the
> > only thing that should wake the pc is the mouse and keyboard ( not wireless)
> > I went through each one seperately.
> > The power options are set to 20 minutes for the monitor and 1 hour for the
> > pc , these are the settings I had when it was going to sleep. I have the pc
> > set to " performance" for power option instead of" balanced" and " power
> > saver".
> > Is there something I'm missing?
> > It's not a big thing, but I will go crazy till I figure out what is going on.
> > I have vista ultimate , amd anthlon(tm) 64x2 dual core processor 5000+ 2.60ghz
> > 2 gig ram, 64-bit os.
> > Darrin
For sleep related issues, there's an excellent tutorial we have. Here's the link:

Power Options and Sleep Mode Problems
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