Status This thread has been Locked and is not open to further replies. The original thread starter may use the Report button to request it be reopened but anyone else with a similar issue should start a New Thread. Watch our Welcome Guide to learn how to use this site. Joined Sep 3, Messages 3. I'm having a problem on my Dell Dimension desktop machine entering standby mode on Windows XP automatically. It will not enter standby mode via inactivity for the time specified in the Power Options Properties settings.
My best guess is that some piece of software installed on my system is keeping it from treating the system as inactive. Specific questions: 1 Is there a tool or method that can be used to determine what is keeping the system from considering itself to be idle? Thanks in advance for any help on this topic. Joined May 15, Messages 11, My problem persists.
Here are the results suggested in the first page of a Google search: 1 www. Does not apply to my problem. When your computer is running on AC power and is idle for approximately 30 minutes, the Windows XP Idle Task Scheduler service runs the system maintenance tasks, and it resets the System Idle counter while it is running these tasks.
Does not address my issue. Do you have another suggestion that is found in one of these articles? TerryNet Terry. Bill Castner ,. I ran it two times, first with the original Windows xp disk, than with a slipstream disk with SP2 on it. No joy either time. Haven't tried the "rebuild" or "backup.
This problem happened a while back. Need to check what happens when doing a "rebuild ". Next I did what Bill suggested.. I did all of first two areas of diagnosis.. No joy Still no joy. Didn't think to disable all usb support from computer vie the bios. I'll try that tomorrow. I viewed the link you mentioned and I'm still digesting the info.
As far as free disk space I have gbs free If there is a BIOS conflict it will be from legacy 1. This is the one to disable. If there is a 2. Also, any new firewall, CD burner software, cache memory booster or anything similar installed recently? I did disable the legacy usb support and enable the usb 2.
Computer still would not resume from standby. I think Zone Alarm is a new version and I did install Nero 7 after the problem started.
Also might have installed a older fax modem pci card around the same time. If you are using the original version of Vista and have not updated to the latest available Service Pack, updating to Service Pack 1 or a later version may resolve this problem.
For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. First, download the latest version of the Microsoft IntelliType software, IntelliPoint software, or both for your keyboard, your mouse, or both. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:.
If your keyboard does not have a dedicated Sleep key and you want to program Sleep for an alternative key, follow these steps:. On the Key Settings tab, double-click the key that you want to change to access the Reassign a Key wizard. Select the Start a Program , Web page , or file option, and then click Next. Quickly press the power button on the computer. Note If you use Bluetooth devices, the keyboard may be unable to wake the system.
Click the Hardware tab, and then click Properties. Click the Power Management tab, and then verify that the Allow this device to wake the computer is enabled. In this case, you have press the power button to wake the computer. If you cannot resume computer operation by using any of these methods, you may have experienced a system problem. For information about how your system resumes operation, see the documentation that accompanied your computer or contact the computer manufacturer.
WPR provides built-in profiles that you can use to select the events you want to record. WPA is a powerful analysis tool that combines a flexible UI with extensive graphing capabilities and data tables that can be pivoted and have full text search capabilities. SleepStudy is a Windows diagnostics tool that supports Modern Standby connected or disconnected.
SleepStudy generates a summary of top issues that cause poor Modern Standby battery life. The built-in powercfg. Note All the exercises in this guide use pre-generated SleepStudy reports, so you won't need to generate any SleepStudy reports for this guide.
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