Vista - Sleep problems

I'm not so comp-savvy, nor do I know this forum very well.


I have vista home basic. I'm having trouble with the sleep function on my laptop.

When I click the little power button above the built in keyboard, instead of going to sleep, it locks the computer (asks you to type in the password again) and turns the screen off. Nothing more happens. Normally, I hear some noisy fan and stuff, and then it goes pretty much silent. Now, the screen turns black and it responds to keystrokes, which it then responds by asking me for my password. After a while when its screen shuts off, you can still hear inside stuff wizzing around.

I have gone and checked the power options. It says that when I click the button, it should go to sleep. I've also manually selected the "sleep" icon/tab/thingy from the menu, and it has the same result.

I'd like the sleep function on my vista back, its rather annoying to have to restart my comp every time its near overheating.

Anything else I should have tried?

Also, I've been ignoring those update thingies. Would updating or w/e help?

On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 20:05:26 -0500, Hoda Somsternom wrote:
IIRC, there is a sleep option to require a password on waking up. You seem
to have that one selected. If I'm correct, you need to find it and unselect
it.

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Thats not the main problem. It dosn't sleep, all it does is turn the screen off, and lock my comp. Normally, the fan turns off, and the computer parts stop moving.