Standby Insomnia

[Guest PT]

I usually put my WinXP Home desktop into stanby when I won't be using it for

a few hours. i do so using Start | Turn off Computer | Standby

 

The computer goes to sleep. But occasionally it will spontaneously wake up

after a few minutes.

 

Any explanation?

 

Note that I have Power Options set as follows:

 

Turn off Monitor 10 minutes

Turn off Hard Drive 15 minutes

System Standby 15 minutes

 

Hibernate is not enabled

 

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PT

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Standby Insomnia

 

Mouse movement is a wake-up condition. Even a slight, imperceptible

to the eye movement is enough to register as a Wake up call. You may

also have some type of app that has a specific run time or period that

brings the computer out of Standby. On the mouse issue, if it's wireless

and has a charger you might place it in that to avoid movement. Also,

some Network cards will bring a computer out of standby when data is

processed.

 

 

"PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message

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>I usually put my WinXP Home desktop into stanby when I won't be using it

>for a few hours. i do so using Start | Turn off Computer | Standby

>

> The computer goes to sleep. But occasionally it will spontaneously wake

> up after a few minutes.

>

> Any explanation?

>

> Note that I have Power Options set as follows:

>

> Turn off Monitor 10 minutes

> Turn off Hard Drive 15 minutes

> System Standby 15 minutes

>

> Hibernate is not enabled

>

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>

> PT

>

[Guest Ghostrider]

Re: Standby Insomnia

 

 

PT wrote:

> I usually put my WinXP Home desktop into stanby when I won't be using it for

> a few hours. i do so using Start | Turn off Computer | Standby

>

> The computer goes to sleep. But occasionally it will spontaneously wake up

> after a few minutes.

>

> Any explanation?

>

> Note that I have Power Options set as follows:

>

> Turn off Monitor 10 minutes

> Turn off Hard Drive 15 minutes

> System Standby 15 minutes

>

> Hibernate is not enabled

>

 

But there are also a number of other factors that may take a computer

out of standby. What is the setting for WLan, or Wake-up LAN? Or for

a Wake-up Modem? Even a very sensitive mouse may respond to vibration

or slight jarring. Windows or Office Indexing will re-activate a hard

drive. Perhaps it could be better if the hard drive was left spinning.

Check the settings and play around with them.

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

Re: Standby Insomnia

 

"PT" <xyz@xyz.com> wrote in message

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>I usually put my WinXP Home desktop into stanby when I won't be using it

>for a few hours. i do so using Start | Turn off Computer | Standby

>

> The computer goes to sleep. But occasionally it will spontaneously wake

> up after a few minutes.

>

> Any explanation?

>

> Note that I have Power Options set as follows:

>

> Turn off Monitor 10 minutes

> Turn off Hard Drive 15 minutes

> System Standby 15 minutes

 

 

In my experience this is usually solved by turning the mouse on its back.

 

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[Guest Plato]

Re: Standby Insomnia

 

PT wrote:

>

> I usually put my WinXP Home desktop into stanby when I won't be using it for

> a few hours. i do so using Start | Turn off Computer | Standby

>

> The computer goes to sleep. But occasionally it will spontaneously wake up

> after a few minutes.

>

> Any explanation?

 

Just the way things are. No problem.

 

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