Vista - BUG: WMP11 Network Sharing Service breaks automatic sleep

Here's a bug with the WMP Network Sharing Service: If you have it turned on
and switched sharing of your library files on also, your system will not go
to sleep using the built in power timer. If you do it manually, all is well.
Problem dissapears by switching the network sharing service off.

Don't know how to get this to microsoft; I called them, and then they said
they would send me a link, and all they gave me was links to bug report sites
for beta products, but this is a published product. So I couldnt post my bugs
there. Seems Microsoft employees themselves dont even know where to submit
bugs. Hell, I'm even curious how they do get any bugs fixed at all if you
cant report them.

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There is a setting in the advanced power options that will allow the machine
to sleep when sharing media.



"Johnny" <Johnny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:55391EBB-8211-4DBE-B192-174C973021F0@microsoft.com...
> Here's a bug with the WMP Network Sharing Service: If you have it turned
> on
> and switched sharing of your library files on also, your system will not
> go
> to sleep using the built in power timer. If you do it manually, all is
> well.
> Problem dissapears by switching the network sharing service off.
>
> Don't know how to get this to microsoft; I called them, and then they said
> they would send me a link, and all they gave me was links to bug report
> sites
> for beta products, but this is a published product. So I couldnt post my
> bugs
> there. Seems Microsoft employees themselves dont even know where to submit
> bugs. Hell, I'm even curious how they do get any bugs fixed at all if you
> cant report them.
>
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Ok, thats cool, but then that still should be turned on by default. If I was
using a laptop and somehow this feature was turned on (it will try to do this
when finding another vista computer on the network) my battery will drain
quite fast. Luckily I don't use a laptop

"Michael Price" wrote:

> There is a setting in the advanced power options that will allow the machine
> to sleep when sharing media.
>
>
>
> "Johnny" <Johnny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:55391EBB-8211-4DBE-B192-174C973021F0@microsoft.com...
> > Here's a bug with the WMP Network Sharing Service: If you have it turned
> > on
> > and switched sharing of your library files on also, your system will not
> > go
> > to sleep using the built in power timer. If you do it manually, all is
> > well.
> > Problem dissapears by switching the network sharing service off.
> >
> > Don't know how to get this to microsoft; I called them, and then they said
> > they would send me a link, and all they gave me was links to bug report
> > sites
> > for beta products, but this is a published product. So I couldnt post my
> > bugs
> > there. Seems Microsoft employees themselves dont even know where to submit
> > bugs. Hell, I'm even curious how they do get any bugs fixed at all if you
> > cant report them.
> >
> > ----------------
> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
> > this
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> > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
> >
> > http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...pictures_video
>