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    "sleep" in windows vista problem

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by hpl912, Jun 2, 2007.

  1. hpl912

    hpl912 Notebook Consultant

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    i don't know what's happening but when i switch the laptop to "sleep" (standby) on vista, it always switches back on by itself. i don't know when but must be after a few hours because everytime i use "sleep" and come back to the laptop after a few hours, i always see it turned on again.

    it's the same as when i'm on screen saver. i sometimes see the screen just came on by itself or never goes into screen saver mode. :rolleyes: :mad:
     
    hpl912, Jun 2, 2007
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  2. sylonien

    sylonien Notebook Evangelist

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    Must be Vista problems. I had some problem like that back with my XP on my Acer machine - never managed to fix it even after re-install of XP.
     
    sylonien, Jun 3, 2007
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    zeinoonm Notebook Consultant

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    It seems sleep in Vista is not yet fine tuned. I noticed that after my computer resmes back from sleep (not on its own, though), my printer driver crashes and i have to reinstall the printer software. I have the HP Photosmart C 6180.
     
    zeinoonm, Jun 4, 2007
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    You may also have some kind of "wake on LAN" technology enabled... are you plugged into a network, or on wireless?
     
    Pitabred, Jun 4, 2007
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    sylonien Notebook Evangelist

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    Doubt it - it's just connected to my Wi-Fi Internet.
     
    sylonien, Jun 4, 2007
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    kanehi Notebook Deity

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    Do you have the setting enabled "Allow remote assistance to access your computer" for diagnostic? Someone might be attempting to access your computer and thus waking it up? I have mine set to disabled.
     
    kanehi, Jun 5, 2007
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