Joaneee –
It appears you steered me correct. This is what I found. I have two
entries in Device Manager for my mouse and they both have checked “Allow this
device to wake the computer.” A network adapter listing has a heading “Wake
on LAN” with three options checked as follows: Wake on Directed Packet, Wake
on Magic Packet and Wake on Magic Packet from Power Off State. A fourth
option, Wake on Link, was not checked.
Now, with all of these checked, am I suppose to uncheck them all? It seems
like I will be missing something if I uncheck them all; and these checked
items were as I received my PC when new.
Also, I have some scheduled events that I have checked “Wake the computer to
run this task.” I don’t want to lose that option. Also, if I uncheck the
mouse items, how do I take my PC out of Sleep mode? Do I use the keyboard?
Jerry
"Joaneee" wrote:
> You might want to check which devices are allowed to bring your computer out
> of sleep mode. > --
> Joaneee
>
>
> "Jerry" wrote:
>
> > Power Scheme-Sleep Mode
> >
> > I use Vista on my Dell PC and have my power settings set to turn off my
> > monitor in 15 minutes and my PC in 20 minutes (sleep mode). When my PC
> > enters the Sleep mode, it only stays in that mode a short time, usually three
> > or so minutes at the maximum, then it activates and my monitor turns on. Is
> > this normal for this power option? I would expect my PC to stay in the Sleep
> > mode for a longer period of time, at least some of the time.
> >
> > Jerry
> >