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    Win XP Home stand-by mode issue

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Scorseze, May 3, 2005.

  1. Scorseze

    Scorseze Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi

    My Toshiba laptop with Windows XP Home has done almost flawlessly so far. But now, apparently with no particular reason, the stand-by mode doesn't work properly.
    The computer goes stand-by only for a few seconds, then it switches to the normal mode automatically. No changes in Toshiba's software settings were made, I've scanned the system with AVG Antivirus but nothing suspicious was found.
    I could reinstall my OS but I haven't much time lately.
    Any suggestions would be very appreciated.

    Toshiba Satellite A50-543
     
    Scorseze, May 3, 2005
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    cool99bomb Notebook Enthusiast

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    Make sure it goes in stand by without any movement of the mouse or keyboard, if that doesnt go to the control panel and click on the power settings and make a button go on standby.

    IF that dosent work i suggest buying the Dachshund Zoom check on there site
     
    cool99bomb, May 4, 2005
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  3. Scorseze

    Scorseze Notebook Enthusiast

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    Still no solution...

    Toshiba Satellite A50-543
     
    Scorseze, May 5, 2005
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    chandlerjea Notebook Consultant

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    Try a clean boot and see what happens. Click on start, then run. Type msconfig in the run box and click ok. On the first tab that comes up click on "load startup items" to uncheck it. click ok and the pc will ask you to reboot, do it, then let it go to stand by and see what happens. If it stays in stand by the way that it should then you know one of your startup applications is causing the problem. You can then run msconfig again and click on the "startup" tab for a more detailed choice of what to load and not load. Then you will just have to start checking and unchecking a few at a time.

    www.pc-proz.com
     
    chandlerjea, May 6, 2005
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  5. Scorseze

    Scorseze Notebook Enthusiast

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    chandlerjea -> I always try to keep track of my startup (or any other) applications. Even if I uncheck them all, the problem remains. I could start stopping some of the running services, perhaps some of them malfunction, but don't know if this is safe and reasonable idea. This could make my Windows immediately dead...

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    Scorseze, May 6, 2005
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    Think I've found the cause of the stand-by malfunction.

    I noticed the explorer.exe process using approximately half of the cpu's usage time periodically. It looks like a few seconds it's 0% and for just a second it rises to ~50% usage.

    The strange thing is that is does happen when the computer is idle and since it's one of the crucial (not that crucial actually) system processes I can't kill it.
    But if I do, the stand-by works perfectly...

    Toshiba Satellite A50-543
     
    Scorseze, May 7, 2005
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