Will not sleep without clicking shutdown

I was struggling to get the sleep mode to work with my
vista premium. I found this web site extremely useful in
getting things to work:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/63567-power-options-
sleep-mode-problems.html.

I realized I had ACPI support for sleep and hybrid.

After making the suggested changes, if I select
Windows->shutdown it goes into the sleep->hybrid mode
with no difficulty (It is absolutely great especially
when I need to awaken the computer. It's ready to go in
20 seconds!)

Unfortunately, Vista will not go into sleep mode with
inactvity for 25 minutes (the requested time to sleep).

Any possible explanation for this, Gadgets maybe?

In article <MPG.221fe52ee607e8d8989705
@news.microsoft.com>, says...
> Any possible explanation for this, Gadgets maybe?
>
I've gone into task manager and gradually turned
virtually everything off and yet it will not sleep when
not used.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

GeraldF;614574 Wrote:
> I was struggling to get the sleep mode to work with my
> vista premium. I found this web site extremely useful in
> getting things to work:
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/63...-problems.html
>
> I realized I had ACPI support for sleep and hybrid.
>
> After making the suggested changes, if I select
> Windows->shutdown it goes into the sleep->hybrid mode
> with no difficulty (It is absolutely great especially
> when I need to awaken the computer. It's ready to go in
> 20 seconds!)
>
> Unfortunately, Vista will not go into sleep mode with
> inactvity for 25 minutes (the requested time to sleep).
>
> Any possible explanation for this, Gadgets maybe?

Hi Gerald,

You might check these items:

1. Everything else needs to be set to shutdown or sleep at least one
minute before the computer.

2. If a screen saver is running, they can sometimes prevent the
computer from entering sleep on it's own.

3. A wireless keyboard or mouse can sometimes prevent the computer from
sleeping on it's on, but will also usually wake the computer up from
either way to.

4. Turn Windows Sidebar off to test and see if it is a gadget causing
the problem.

Hope this helps,
Shawn


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In article <>, Brink.34x0m4
@no-mx.forums.net says...
> 3. A wireless keyboard or mouse can sometimes prevent the computer from
> sleeping on it's on, but will also usually wake the computer up from
> either way to.

Never thought it would be a MicroSoft wireless mouse
problem, but after your suggestion I checked Windows
Update and noticed that Microsoft had a "Hardware
update" for an HID device. Downloaded installed and
sleep is now working!

A+ for helping.
Hope to return the favor

GeraldF;615899 Wrote:
> In article <>, Brink.34x0m4
> @no-mx.forums.net says...> > >
> > > 3. A wireless keyboard or mouse can sometimes prevent the computer
> > from
> > > sleeping on it's on, but will also usually wake the computer up from
> > > either way to. > >
>
> Never thought it would be a MicroSoft wireless mouse
> problem, but after your suggestion I checked Windows
> Update and noticed that Microsoft had a "Hardware
> update" for an HID device. Downloaded installed and
> sleep is now working!
>
> A+ for helping.
> Hope to return the favor

Gerald,

LOL, it's always seems to be the little things doesn't it. Glad to hear
you are able to use sleep again.

Shawn


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