Vista Won't Sleep

I've had Vista Home Premium on a new desktop PC for about 6 weeks now.
Instead of shutting down most of the time I have set it to sleep. In "Sleep"
the fan does not stop running and I doubt the hard drive stops spinning, the
light in the front of the computer does not flash but stays on, the keyboard
light stays on and the only effect "Sleep" seems to have is make me have to
reenter my password. When I do that "wakeup" there is no sound change and I
don't think my PC has ever really slept. I've tried all the configurations
in Power Options. I have no option to hibernate.
Any suggestions how to make Sleep work, or to enable hibernation?
Niall

The hybrid sleep feature and the hibernation feature in Windows Vista may
become unavailable after you use the Disk Cleanup Tool :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928897

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"Niall" <> wrote in message
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> I've had Vista Home Premium on a new desktop PC for about 6 weeks now.
> Instead of shutting down most of the time I have set it to sleep. In
> "Sleep" the fan does not stop running and I doubt the hard drive stops
> spinning, the light in the front of the computer does not flash but stays
> on, the keyboard light stays on and the only effect "Sleep" seems to have
> is make me have to reenter my password. When I do that "wakeup" there is
> no sound change and I don't think my PC has ever really slept. I've tried
> all the configurations in Power Options. I have no option to hibernate.
> Any suggestions how to make Sleep work, or to enable hibernation?
> Niall

I had to set my mouse and keyboard not to "wake the computer" in Device
Manager.

"Niall" <> wrote in message
news:49C8FB3C-E9D8-42A5-BCE0-...
> I've had Vista Home Premium on a new desktop PC for about 6 weeks now.
> Instead of shutting down most of the time I have set it to sleep. In
> "Sleep" the fan does not stop running and I doubt the hard drive stops
> spinning, the light in the front of the computer does not flash but stays
> on, the keyboard light stays on and the only effect "Sleep" seems to have
> is make me have to reenter my password. When I do that "wakeup" there is
> no sound change and I don't think my PC has ever really slept. I've tried
> all the configurations in Power Options. I have no option to hibernate.
> Any suggestions how to make Sleep work, or to enable hibernation?
> Niall

I tried powercfg -h on and it didn't work. Then I found in another MS site
to set hibernate on enter powercfg.exe /hibernate on but that didn't work
either.
Somewhere else I read something about changing a setting in BIOS. Would that
possibly need to be done first?


"Mark L. Ferguson" <> wrote in
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> The hybrid sleep feature and the hibernation feature in Windows Vista may
> become unavailable after you use the Disk Cleanup Tool :
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928897
>
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>
> "Niall" <> wrote in message
> news:49C8FB3C-E9D8-42A5-BCE0-...
>> I've had Vista Home Premium on a new desktop PC for about 6 weeks now.
>> Instead of shutting down most of the time I have set it to sleep. In
>> "Sleep" the fan does not stop running and I doubt the hard drive stops
>> spinning, the light in the front of the computer does not flash but stays
>> on, the keyboard light stays on and the only effect "Sleep" seems to have
>> is make me have to reenter my password. When I do that "wakeup" there is
>> no sound change and I don't think my PC has ever really slept. I've tried
>> all the configurations in Power Options. I have no option to hibernate.
>> Any suggestions how to make Sleep work, or to enable hibernation?
>> Niall
>

Did you try setting the keyboard and mouse "not to wake the computer"? I had
those exact same symptoms and changing that setting worked for me.

"Niall" <> wrote in message
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>I tried powercfg -h on and it didn't work. Then I found in another MS site
>to set hibernate on enter powercfg.exe /hibernate on but that didn't work
>either.
> Somewhere else I read something about changing a setting in BIOS. Would
> that possibly need to be done first?
>
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" <> wrote in
> message news:3419F53E-C1E4-4544-9EDE-...
>> The hybrid sleep feature and the hibernation feature in Windows Vista may
>> become unavailable after you use the Disk Cleanup Tool :
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928897
>>
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>> post''
>> Mark L. Ferguson
>>
>> "Niall" <> wrote in message
>> news:49C8FB3C-E9D8-42A5-BCE0-...
>>> I've had Vista Home Premium on a new desktop PC for about 6 weeks now.
>>> Instead of shutting down most of the time I have set it to sleep. In
>>> "Sleep" the fan does not stop running and I doubt the hard drive stops
>>> spinning, the light in the front of the computer does not flash but
>>> stays on, the keyboard light stays on and the only effect "Sleep" seems
>>> to have is make me have to reenter my password. When I do that "wakeup"
>>> there is no sound change and I don't think my PC has ever really slept.
>>> I've tried all the configurations in Power Options. I have no option to
>>> hibernate.
>>> Any suggestions how to make Sleep work, or to enable hibernation?
>>> Niall
>>
>

Niall;736275 Wrote:
> I've had Vista Home Premium on a new desktop PC for about 6 weeks now
> Instead of shutting down most of the time I have set it to sleep. I
> "Sleep
> the fan does not stop running and I doubt the hard drive stop
> spinning, th
> light in the front of the computer does not flash but stays on, th
> keyboar
> light stays on and the only effect "Sleep" seems to have is make m
> have t
> reenter my password. When I do that "wakeup" there is no sound chang
> and
> don't think my PC has ever really slept. I've tried all th
> configuration
> in Power Options. I have no option to hibernate
> Any suggestions how to make Sleep work, or to enable hibernation
> Nial

Hi Niall

This tutorial may be able to help you. It will give you steps to loo
at to see what may be causing your sleep problem

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/63...e-problems.htm

Shaw

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Thanks, Pablo. I'll try that if other things don't work, just because I
prefer to wake it up with the keyboard or mouse. How do you wake it up now?
I'll read Brink's tutorial now. Thanks Brink.
Niall

"Pablo" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I had to set my mouse and keyboard not to "wake the computer" in Device
>Manager.
>
> "Niall" <> wrote in message
> news:49C8FB3C-E9D8-42A5-BCE0-...
>> I've had Vista Home Premium on a new desktop PC for about 6 weeks now.
>> Instead of shutting down most of the time I have set it to sleep. In
>> "Sleep" the fan does not stop running and I doubt the hard drive stops
>> spinning, the light in the front of the computer does not flash but stays
>> on, the keyboard light stays on and the only effect "Sleep" seems to have
>> is make me have to reenter my password. When I do that "wakeup" there is
>> no sound change and I don't think my PC has ever really slept. I've tried
>> all the configurations in Power Options. I have no option to hibernate.
>> Any suggestions how to make Sleep work, or to enable hibernation?
>> Niall
>
>

The power button.

"Niall" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks, Pablo. I'll try that if other things don't work, just because I
> prefer to wake it up with the keyboard or mouse. How do you wake it up
> now?
> I'll read Brink's tutorial now. Thanks Brink.
> Niall
>
> "Pablo" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I had to set my mouse and keyboard not to "wake the computer" in Device
>>Manager.
>>
>> "Niall" <> wrote in message
>> news:49C8FB3C-E9D8-42A5-BCE0-...
>>> I've had Vista Home Premium on a new desktop PC for about 6 weeks now.
>>> Instead of shutting down most of the time I have set it to sleep. In
>>> "Sleep" the fan does not stop running and I doubt the hard drive stops
>>> spinning, the light in the front of the computer does not flash but
>>> stays on, the keyboard light stays on and the only effect "Sleep" seems
>>> to have is make me have to reenter my password. When I do that "wakeup"
>>> there is no sound change and I don't think my PC has ever really slept.
>>> I've tried all the configurations in Power Options. I have no option to
>>> hibernate.
>>> Any suggestions how to make Sleep work, or to enable hibernation?
>>> Niall
>>
>>
>

Wow, Pablo, after so much frustration trying to get a defective Operating
System to work properly I went your route and fixed the problem in 1 minute
by disabling the mouse and keyboard from waking the computer. For the first
time ever I put the rascal to sleep.
In my toying around I also created the hibernation option the Start menu.
I'll see if hibernation works too now.
Thanks a lot. Niall

> The power button.
>
>> Thanks, Pablo. I'll try that if other things don't work, just because I
>> prefer to wake it up with the keyboard or mouse. How do you wake it up
>> now?
>> I'll read Brink's tutorial now. Thanks Brink.
>> Niall
>>
>>>I had to set my mouse and keyboard not to "wake the computer" in Device
>>>Manager.
>>>
>>>> I've had Vista Home Premium on a new desktop PC for about 6 weeks now.
>>>> Instead of shutting down most of the time I have set it to sleep. In
>>>> "Sleep" the fan does not stop running and I doubt the hard drive stops
>>>> spinning, the light in the front of the computer does not flash but
>>>> stays on, the keyboard light stays on and the only effect "Sleep" seems
>>>> to have is make me have to reenter my password. When I do that "wakeup"
>>>> there is no sound change and I don't think my PC has ever really slept.
>>>> I've tried all the configurations in Power Options. I have no option to
>>>> hibernate.
>>>> Any suggestions how to make Sleep work, or to enable hibernation?
>>>> Niall

Your welcome.

"Niall" <> wrote in message
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> Wow, Pablo, after so much frustration trying to get a defective Operating
> System to work properly I went your route and fixed the problem in 1
> minute by disabling the mouse and keyboard from waking the computer. For
> the first time ever I put the rascal to sleep.
> In my toying around I also created the hibernation option the Start menu.
> I'll see if hibernation works too now.
> Thanks a lot. Niall
>
>> The power button.
>>
>>> Thanks, Pablo. I'll try that if other things don't work, just because I
>>> prefer to wake it up with the keyboard or mouse. How do you wake it up
>>> now?
>>> I'll read Brink's tutorial now. Thanks Brink.
>>> Niall
>>>
>>>>I had to set my mouse and keyboard not to "wake the computer" in Device
>>>>Manager.
>>>>
>>>>> I've had Vista Home Premium on a new desktop PC for about 6 weeks now.
>>>>> Instead of shutting down most of the time I have set it to sleep. In
>>>>> "Sleep" the fan does not stop running and I doubt the hard drive stops
>>>>> spinning, the light in the front of the computer does not flash but
>>>>> stays on, the keyboard light stays on and the only effect "Sleep"
>>>>> seems to have is make me have to reenter my password. When I do that
>>>>> "wakeup" there is no sound change and I don't think my PC has ever
>>>>> really slept. I've tried all the configurations in Power Options. I
>>>>> have no option to hibernate.
>>>>> Any suggestions how to make Sleep work, or to enable hibernation?
>>>>> Niall
>