Vista - My PCs wake up by themselves from standby or hibernation!

I'm having this problem since some months now: my PC randomly powers up by
itself when in hibernation or standby, which is very annoying.
I also have a laptop which has the same problem. This sucks, since sometimes
i want to use it and the battery has been killed because it powered itself
up and ran all the time without me knowing.
Both machines are running Vista. All the wake-up options in the BIOS are
disabled, and there are no wakeup timers in the BIOS. The laptop powers up
even if nothing is connected to it (no network, no usb, no nothing).
What the hell is going on? How can I prevent my pcs from waking up by
themselves? When I put them in hibernation or to sleep, i just want them to
stay there until I power them up by myself. Just using shutdown is not a
solution
I hope you can help me to find a solution...
hal

"Hal9000" <hal9000@****spam.com> wrote in message
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> I'm having this problem since some months now: my PC randomly powers up by
> itself when in hibernation or standby, which is very annoying.
> I also have a laptop which has the same problem. This sucks, since
> sometimes
> i want to use it and the battery has been killed because it powered itself
> up and ran all the time without me knowing.
> Both machines are running Vista. All the wake-up options in the BIOS are
> disabled, and there are no wakeup timers in the BIOS. The laptop powers up
> even if nothing is connected to it (no network, no usb, no nothing).
> What the hell is going on? How can I prevent my pcs from waking up by
> themselves? When I put them in hibernation or to sleep, i just want them
> to
> stay there until I power them up by myself. Just using shutdown is not a
> solution
> I hope you can help me to find a solution...
> hal
>
>

Turn the mouse over onto its back.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com

That's a good one. I like it. A little levity never hurt anyone.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

> "Hal9000" <hal9000@****spam.com> wrote in message
> news:F2BF114C-2595-4777-9414-8B2326EB471E@microsoft.com...
> > I'm having this problem since some months now: my PC randomly powers up by
> > itself when in hibernation or standby, which is very annoying.
> > I also have a laptop which has the same problem. This sucks, since
> > sometimes
> > i want to use it and the battery has been killed because it powered itself
> > up and ran all the time without me knowing.
> > Both machines are running Vista. All the wake-up options in the BIOS are
> > disabled, and there are no wakeup timers in the BIOS. The laptop powers up
> > even if nothing is connected to it (no network, no usb, no nothing).
> > What the hell is going on? How can I prevent my pcs from waking up by
> > themselves? When I put them in hibernation or to sleep, i just want them
> > to
> > stay there until I power them up by myself. Just using shutdown is not a
> > solution
> > I hope you can help me to find a solution...
> > hal
> >
> >
>
> Turn the mouse over onto its back.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
>
>
>
>

Hi Hal9000,

Check Task Scheduler for any scheduled tasks that have "wake the computer" under the Conditions tab. Don't forget to check "Show hidden tasks" under View in right pane.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Not levity. Vibration moving the mouse often wakes computers up. Turning
it over prevents this.

"CB" <CB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> That's a good one. I like it. A little levity never hurt anyone.
>
> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
>
>> "Hal9000" <hal9000@****spam.com> wrote in message
>> news:F2BF114C-2595-4777-9414-8B2326EB471E@microsoft.com...
>> > I'm having this problem since some months now: my PC randomly powers up
>> > by
>> > itself when in hibernation or standby, which is very annoying.
>> > I also have a laptop which has the same problem. This sucks, since
>> > sometimes
>> > i want to use it and the battery has been killed because it powered
>> > itself
>> > up and ran all the time without me knowing.
>> > Both machines are running Vista. All the wake-up options in the BIOS
>> > are
>> > disabled, and there are no wakeup timers in the BIOS. The laptop powers
>> > up
>> > even if nothing is connected to it (no network, no usb, no nothing).
>> > What the hell is going on? How can I prevent my pcs from waking up by
>> > themselves? When I put them in hibernation or to sleep, i just want
>> > them
>> > to
>> > stay there until I power them up by myself. Just using shutdown is not
>> > a
>> > solution
>> > I hope you can help me to find a solution...
>> > hal
>>
>> Turn the mouse over onto its back.

Sorry. I thought you were joking. It made me laugh. Anyway, I guess I learn
something new every day. Thank you for the information.

C.B.

"brink" wrote:

>
> Hi Hal9000,
>
> Check Task Scheduler for any scheduled tasks that have "wake the
> computer" under the Conditions tab. Don't forget to check "Show hidden
> tasks" under View in right pane.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> "Practice makes perfect, then you reinstall"
> Vista 64 Home Premium
> 1.5 Gig DDR2 533 Mhz (PC4200) RAM
>

under "MobilePC" i had a task called "TMM"(whatever that is) with the wake
option enabled. i disabled that options, now i hope it will fix the
problem...
hal

"brink" <brink.2q3ew4@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> Hi Hal9000,
>
> Check Task Scheduler for any scheduled tasks that have "wake the
> computer" under the Conditions tab. Don't forget to check "Show hidden
> tasks" under View in right pane.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> "Practice makes perfect, then you reinstall"
> Vista 64 Home Premium
> 1.5 Gig DDR2 533 Mhz (PC4200) RAM

Here's a link that explains the TMM: (Transient Multimon Manager)

http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/whitepaper.aspx?docid=150397

However, this may not be it though. I checked mine to & it was enabled with wake to without any problems.

I guess if all else fails you can turn off "sleep" & "hybrid" & just use "hibernation" in Power Management. It'll take 30 seconds or so wakeup, but at least everything will shut down completely. No more hunting for what might be running to cause it to wake up.


Shawn

my pcs even wake up when hibernated! only a shut down will prevent them from
turning on

"brink" <brink.2q7y32@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> Hal9000;299955 Wrote:
>> under "MobilePC" i had a task called "TMM"(whatever that is) with the
>> wake
>> option enabled. i disabled that options, now i hope it will fix the
>> problem...
>> hal
>>
>> "brink" <brink.2q3ew4@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
>> 'no-mx.forums.net' (http://no-mx.forums.net)...
>>
>>
>
> Here's a link that explains the TMM: (Transient Multimon Manager)
>
> '_http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/whitepaper.aspx?docid=150397_'
> (http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com....x?docid=150397)
>
> However, this may not be it though. I checked mine to & it was enabled
> with wake to without any problems.
>
> I guess if all else fails you can turn off "sleep" & "hybrid" & just
> use "hibernation" in Power Management. It'll take 30 seconds or so
> wakeup, but at least everything will shut down completely. No more
> hunting for what might be running to cause it to wake up.
>
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> "Practice makes perfect, then you reinstall"
> Vista 64 Home Premium
> 1.5 Gig DDR2 533 Mhz (PC4200) RAM

Ok Hal9000,

I found this new method for you.

1. open Command Prompt
2. type "powercfg -lastwakup"
3. hit enter

This will tell you what woke up your computer the last time. Now, the trick will be IDing what is spits up is the cause.

Hope this helps,
Shawn