Re: Vista won't go to Sleep

To see what caused the computer to last wakeup type in a cmd window:

powercfg -lastwake

on my machine this is:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Walraven>powercfg -lastwake
Wake History Count - 1
Wake History [0]
Wake Source Count - 1
Wake Source [0]
Type: Device
Instance Path: ACPI\PNP0303\4&128ccd99&0
Friendly Name:
Description: Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Manufacturer: (Standard keyboards)

C:\Users\Walraven>

was woken by moving the mouse (keyboard/mouse considered the same device)

Michael


"Steven L." <> wrote in message
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> "stringhc" <> wrote in message
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>> The computer restarts from sleep mode. I pulled the network wire out and
>> it did not restart anymore. The BIOS is set to S3 and the network wake
>> up on LAN is disabled. The settings in the Power Advanced are changed to
>> Allow computer to sleep in the Multimedia Mode. When the Network Wire is
>> reconnected it continues to do the same thing.
>
> I have the same problem.
>
> I've checked the Power Management settings on all the device drivers,
> including Network Adapter. None of them are set to wake the computer.
>
> But it wakes anyway.
>
> I suspect it's a software problem; I think that either Norton Antivirus
> and/or ObjectDock is "nudging" the computer out of a sound sleep, when it
> does one of its periodic functions.
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