Computer No Longer Goes Into Standby

[Guest James B. Holladay]

For years I have set my computer to go into standby when unused for a period

of time (30 minutes) for some reason it has stopped going into standby.

The monitor goes to sleep and I can hear the hdd attempting to disconnect

but it will not go into a complete standby state.

If I click "Start\Turn Off Computer\Standby" it still will not go into

standby as it did several weeks ago. I have another computer set up

essentially the same way and it continues to function as I have set it up.

I am at wits end to figure it out. I can usually find the cause to these

little inconveniences but this one has me baffled.

I am beginning to suspect a hardware problem i.e. power supply or what ever

hardware is involved with the sleep state.

I would like some suggestions for things to look for.

Intel D850MVSE motherboard P4 with 1gig of ramous memory SCSI hard drives

which all work find. WinXP SP3 etc

 

 

 

If I log on as the administrator and allow my

computer to remain idle it will go into standby (sleep mode) and come out

with either keyboard activity or mouse movement.

It will not perform in the same way when logged on as myself.

This pretty confirms it is not a hardware issue.

 

 

 

It almost appears that a file has been over written in one specific user

account.

Is there a common file that windows uses for activating standby mode??. If

there is would replacing it likely correct this problem?

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: Computer No Longer Goes Into Standby

 

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951447 (ignore the title)

 

Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for

Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and

e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada.

 

• US:

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gprid=522131

 

• CA:

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-ca&prid=11273&gprid=522131

 

• UK:

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-gb&prid=11273&gprid=522131

 

• AU:

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-au&prid=11273&gprid=522131

 

• Other: http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 | select

Windows XP | select Windows XP Service Pack 3

--

~PA Bear

 

 

James B. Holladay wrote:

> For years I have set my computer to go into standby when unused for a

> period

> of time (30 minutes) for some reason it has stopped going into standby.

> The monitor goes to sleep and I can hear the hdd attempting to disconnect

> but it will not go into a complete standby state.

> If I click "Start\Turn Off Computer\Standby" it still will not go into

> standby as it did several weeks ago. I have another computer set up

> essentially the same way and it continues to function as I have set it up.

> I am at wits end to figure it out. I can usually find the cause to these

> little inconveniences but this one has me baffled.

> I am beginning to suspect a hardware problem i.e. power supply or what

> ever

> hardware is involved with the sleep state.

> I would like some suggestions for things to look for.

> Intel D850MVSE motherboard P4 with 1gig of ramous memory SCSI hard drives

> which all work find. WinXP SP3 etc

>

> If I log on as the administrator and allow my

> computer to remain idle it will go into standby (sleep mode) and come out

> with either keyboard activity or mouse movement.

> It will not perform in the same way when logged on as myself.

> This pretty confirms it is not a hardware issue.

>

> It almost appears that a file has been over written in one specific user

> account.

> Is there a common file that windows uses for activating standby mode??. If

> there is would replacing it likely correct this problem?

[Guest BillW50]

Re: Computer No Longer Goes Into Standby

 

James B. Holladay wrote:

> For years I have set my computer to go into standby when unused for a period

> of time (30 minutes) for some reason it has stopped going into standby.

> The monitor goes to sleep and I can hear the hdd attempting to disconnect

> but it will not go into a complete standby state.

> If I click "Start\Turn Off Computer\Standby" it still will not go into

> standby as it did several weeks ago. I have another computer set up

> essentially the same way and it continues to function as I have set it up.

> I am at wits end to figure it out. I can usually find the cause to these

> little inconveniences but this one has me baffled.

> I am beginning to suspect a hardware problem i.e. power supply or what ever

> hardware is involved with the sleep state.

> I would like some suggestions for things to look for.

> Intel D850MVSE motherboard P4 with 1gig of ramous memory SCSI hard drives

> which all work find. WinXP SP3 etc

>

> If I log on as the administrator and allow my

> computer to remain idle it will go into standby (sleep mode) and come out

> with either keyboard activity or mouse movement.

> It will not perform in the same way when logged on as myself.

> This pretty confirms it is not a hardware issue.

>

> It almost appears that a file has been over written in one specific user

> account.

> Is there a common file that windows uses for activating standby mode??. If

> there is would replacing it likely correct this problem?

 

If you are using Windows Media Player 9 or higher. There is a toggle in

the options about stopping the screen saver or something. That was

stopping my computer from going to standby. If WMP isn't running, it has

to be something. Close programs in the system tray and try. If it isn't

that, stop startup programs from starting. You should be able to figure

it out from that.

 

--

Bill

Gateway Celeron M 370 (1.5GHZ)

MX6124 (laptop) w/2GB

Windows XP Home SP2 (120GB HD)

Intel® 910GML (64MB shared)

[Guest BillW50]

Re: Computer No Longer Goes Into Standby

 

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:29:06 -0400:

> See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951447 (ignore the title)

>

> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for

> Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and

> e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada.

>

> • US:

> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gprid=522131

>

>

> • CA:

> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-ca&prid=11273&gprid=522131

>

>

> • UK:

> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-gb&prid=11273&gprid=522131

>

>

> • AU:

> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-au&prid=11273&gprid=522131

>

>

> • Other: http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 |

> select Windows XP | select Windows XP Service Pack 3

 

Is Microsoft going to pay for all of those Asus EEE PC upgrades to a

higher SSD (solid state drive) to make SP3 fit on them? If not,

Microsoft should be giving discounts for Windows retail install packages

that has no customer support for them.

 

--

Bill

Gateway Celeron M 370 (1.5GHZ)

MX6124 (laptop) w/2GB

Windows XP Home SP2 (120GB HD)

Intel® 910GML (64MB shared)

[Guest James B. Holladay]

Re: Computer No Longer Goes Into Standby

 

PA Bear,

I went to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951447 and this did not correct

problem.

Why would my computer function properly when I switch user to Administrator

from my User Account (also Administrator account) but not when logged on in

my personal account.

All very strange. It had been working and performing well until recently.

I would think that what ever the problem in my account would effect the

logging on in other accounts and vice versa.

Any more suggestions?

James

 

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:eMX7IH%23%23IHA.1228@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

| See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951447 (ignore the title)

|

| Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for

| Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and

| e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada.

|

| • US:

|

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gprid=522131

|

| • CA:

|

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-ca&prid=11273&gprid=522131

|

| • UK:

|

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-gb&prid=11273&gprid=522131

|

| • AU:

|

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-au&prid=11273&gprid=522131

|

| • Other: http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 | select

| Windows XP | select Windows XP Service Pack 3

| --

| ~PA Bear

|

|

| James B. Holladay wrote:

| > For years I have set my computer to go into standby when unused for a

| > period

| > of time (30 minutes) for some reason it has stopped going into standby.

| > The monitor goes to sleep and I can hear the hdd attempting to

disconnect

| > but it will not go into a complete standby state.

| > If I click "Start\Turn Off Computer\Standby" it still will not go into

| > standby as it did several weeks ago. I have another computer set up

| > essentially the same way and it continues to function as I have set it

up.

| > I am at wits end to figure it out. I can usually find the cause to these

| > little inconveniences but this one has me baffled.

| > I am beginning to suspect a hardware problem i.e. power supply or what

| > ever

| > hardware is involved with the sleep state.

| > I would like some suggestions for things to look for.

| > Intel D850MVSE motherboard P4 with 1gig of ramous memory SCSI hard

drives

| > which all work find. WinXP SP3 etc

| >

| > If I log on as the administrator and allow my

| > computer to remain idle it will go into standby (sleep mode) and come

out

| > with either keyboard activity or mouse movement.

| > It will not perform in the same way when logged on as myself.

| > This pretty confirms it is not a hardware issue.

| >

| > It almost appears that a file has been over written in one specific user

| > account.

| > Is there a common file that windows uses for activating standby mode??.

If

| > there is would replacing it likely correct this problem?

|

[Guest Muzafar Ganie]

RE: Computer No Longer Goes Into Standby

 

Create the new user account and check the same in new user account

 

If u are able to use the standby feature then your user accout has gone

corrupt

 

so you need to transfer the file from older user account to new one

 

support.microsoft.com/kb/811151 (transfer the data from corrupt user account

to new one)

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: Computer No Longer Goes Into Standby

 

> Any more suggestions?

 

Open a free support incident?

 

James B. Holladay wrote:

> PA Bear,

> I went to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951447 and this did not correct

> problem.

> Why would my computer function properly when I switch user to

> Administrator

> from my User Account (also Administrator account) but not when logged on

> in

> my personal account.

> All very strange. It had been working and performing well until recently.

> I would think that what ever the problem in my account would effect the

> logging on in other accounts and vice versa.

> Any more suggestions?

> James

>

> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:eMX7IH%23%23IHA.1228@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951447 (ignore the title)

>>

>> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for

>> Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and

>> e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada.

>>

>> • US:

>>

> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gprid=522131

>>

>> • CA:

>>

> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-ca&prid=11273&gprid=522131

>>

>> • UK:

>>

> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-gb&prid=11273&gprid=522131

>>

>> • AU:

>>

> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-au&prid=11273&gprid=522131

>>

>> • Other: http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 |

>> select

>> Windows XP | select Windows XP Service Pack 3

>> --

>> ~PA Bear

>>

>>

>> James B. Holladay wrote:

>>> For years I have set my computer to go into standby when unused for a

>>> period

>>> of time (30 minutes) for some reason it has stopped going into standby.

>>> The monitor goes to sleep and I can hear the hdd attempting to

>>> disconnect

>>> but it will not go into a complete standby state.

>>> If I click "Start\Turn Off Computer\Standby" it still will not go into

>>> standby as it did several weeks ago. I have another computer set up

>>> essentially the same way and it continues to function as I have set it

>>> up.

>>> I am at wits end to figure it out. I can usually find the cause to these

>>> little inconveniences but this one has me baffled.

>>> I am beginning to suspect a hardware problem i.e. power supply or what

>>> ever

>>> hardware is involved with the sleep state.

>>> I would like some suggestions for things to look for.

>>> Intel D850MVSE motherboard P4 with 1gig of ramous memory SCSI hard

>>> drives

>>> which all work find. WinXP SP3 etc

>>>

>>> If I log on as the administrator and allow my

>>> computer to remain idle it will go into standby (sleep mode) and come

>>> out

>>> with either keyboard activity or mouse movement.

>>> It will not perform in the same way when logged on as myself.

>>> This pretty confirms it is not a hardware issue.

>>>

>>> It almost appears that a file has been over written in one specific user

>>> account.

>>> Is there a common file that windows uses for activating standby mode??.

>>> If

>>> there is would replacing it likely correct this problem?

[Guest Muzafar Ganie]

RE: Computer No Longer Goes Into Standby

 

 

 

Create the new user account and check the same in new user account

 

If u are able to use the standby feature then your user accout has gone

corrupt

 

so you need to transfer the file from older user account to new one

 

support.microsoft.com/kb/811151 (transfer the data from corrupt user account

to new one)

[Guest Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Re: Computer No Longer Goes Into Standby

 

"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message

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> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:29:06 -0400:

>> See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951447 (ignore the title)

>>

>> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for

>> Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and

>> e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada.

>>

>> • US:

>> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gprid=522131 •

>> CA:

>> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-ca&prid=11273&gprid=522131 •

>> UK:

>> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-gb&prid=11273&gprid=522131 •

>> AU:

>> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-au&prid=11273&gprid=522131 •

>> Other: http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 | select

>> Windows XP | select Windows XP Service Pack 3

>

> Is Microsoft going to pay for all of those Asus EEE PC upgrades to a

> higher SSD (solid state drive) to make SP3 fit on them? If not, Microsoft

> should be giving discounts for Windows retail install packages that has no

> customer support for them.

 

 

ASUS is responsible for their OEM Windows.

 

--

Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM

Do not reply with email

[Guest BillW50]

Re: Computer No Longer Goes Into Standby

 

Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM wrote:

> "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message

> news:e2m9tP%23%23IHA.1628@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:29:06 -0400:

>>> See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951447 (ignore the title)

>>>

>>> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available

>>> for Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09.

>>> Chat and e-mail support is available only in the United States and

>>> Canada.

>>>

>>> • US:

>>> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gprid=522131

>>> • CA:

>>> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-ca&prid=11273&gprid=522131

>>> • UK:

>>> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-gb&prid=11273&gprid=522131

>>> • AU:

>>> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-au&prid=11273&gprid=522131

>>> • Other: http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 |

>>> select Windows XP | select Windows XP Service Pack 3

>>

>> Is Microsoft going to pay for all of those Asus EEE PC upgrades to a

>> higher SSD (solid state drive) to make SP3 fit on them? If not,

>> Microsoft should be giving discounts for Windows retail install

>> packages that has no customer support for them.

>

> ASUS is responsible for their OEM Windows.

 

Many Asus users buy the Linux version and realize they can't download

more applications and then go out and buy retail versions of Windows XP

and installs them.

 

In my case I got the Windows XP version, but my external DVD burner and

Ghost don't like each other. Asus uses Ghost to restore Windows XP. So I

had to go out and buy a retail version of Windows XP just to get it

going again.

 

--

Bill

Gateway Celeron M 370 (1.5GHZ)

MX6124 (laptop) w/2GB

Windows XP Home SP2 (120GB HD)

Intel® 910GML (64MB shared)

[Guest James B. Holladay]

Re: Computer No Longer Goes Into Standby

 

Muzafar Ganie,

Took your advice and created and setup a new user account and everything

works fine.

I caution others make sure your backup all your personal date because you

loose address book contents and email folders and emails as well as news and

mail rules.

I had mine backed up so not a problem for me.

James

PS,

Confirmed with and IT friend and user account corruption is not uncommon.

What I experienced was just one of the ways it manifest itself.

 

"Muzafar Ganie" <MuzafarGanie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>

>

> Create the new user account and check the same in new user account

>

> If u are able to use the standby feature then your user accout has gone

> corrupt

>

> so you need to transfer the file from older user account to new one

>

> support.microsoft.com/kb/811151 (transfer the data from corrupt user

> account

> to new one)

>