Guest Jim Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 I'm running 3 computers on a hardwired LAN, two of the systems are in a remote location and the third is local. I frequently connect to my remote systems via "remote desktop". When these systems are not needed, I shut them down remotely with the run command called shutdown. However, I must go to the remote location to power them back up - can't do a wol. In order to conserve power and not have to shut these systems down entirely, I decided to enable the system standby mode (S3) on the two remote computers. This seems to work ok and the computers do wake up when I tap their keyboard or move their mouse. What I'm now trying to do is use the remote desktop feature to bring these systems out of the standby mode. Sometimes I'm able to bring the remote computer out of standby mode and then other times I cannot get a connection to the computer. It's a very unpredictable and frustrating situation. Appreciate any help & suggestions. There are no (known) programs running on these remote systems. The firewalls are disabled. Under the Control Panel, Power Options, only System Standby is set, not the HD or monitor. Jim
Guest Mike Lowery Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Re: Question - System Standby & Remote Desktop "Jim" <jrwolfe@comcast.net> wrote in message news:ugqjXt7xHHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > I'm running 3 computers on a hardwired LAN, two of the systems are in a remote > location and the third is local. > > > > I frequently connect to my remote systems via "remote desktop". When these > systems are not needed, I shut them down remotely with the run command called > shutdown. However, I must go to the remote location to power them back up - > can't do a wol. > > > > In order to conserve power and not have to shut these systems down entirely, I > decided to enable the system standby mode (S3) on the two remote computers. > This seems to work ok and the computers do wake up when I tap their keyboard > or move their mouse. > > > > What I'm now trying to do is use the remote desktop feature to bring these > systems out of the standby mode. Sometimes I'm able to bring the remote > computer out of standby mode and then other times I cannot get a connection to > the computer. It's a very unpredictable and frustrating situation. Appreciate > any help & suggestions. > > > > There are no (known) programs running on these remote systems. > > The firewalls are disabled. > > Under the Control Panel, Power Options, only System Standby is set, not the HD > or monitor. The NIC on these computers would have to be actively listening to incoming packets and be able to "wake up" Windows when it sees them. I'm surprised you got it to work at all. Check your NIC driver settings.
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