Hi Guys My Dads vista x64 computer wont go to sleep. It wakes almost immediately. Simple as that. anyone know a fix? TIA
might help.. some suggestions in these threads http://forums.techarena.in/vista-help/685493.htm http://www.cravingtech.com/fix-windows-vista7-sleep-mode-from-waking-up-by-itself.html http://www.vistaforums.com/vista-does-not-sleep-properly-wakes-up-immediately-t993.html
@ longweight it was but I've turned it off now so it shouldn't do it when left Id'le but it should still do it when I click the button. also, Hibernate isn't on the list of options.
did you read those threads? try the cmd line: powercfg –devicequery wake_armed should give you the device that's causing the wake
While some people scream and trash their computer when it doesn't work properly. I am wiser, I plug my microphone to the computer and then I explode of anger... it tends to work better as the computer has a chance of understanding what I am saying. See this is an important step that people forget. Ok seriously though, you have something that wake up the computer as soon as it goes to sleep. Usually the problem is the network card. Some network card have a feature to wake up when they receive special or any packets... to solve the problem, just go in device manager, on the network card, and simply set it to not allow the computer to be waked up from the network card. You might have additional tabs with additional "waking up" features depending on your Ethernet card. Look into them and disable anything linked on waking up your computer.
