I am having this same problem on my HP dv2000 series laptop with Vista
Home Premium. I am fully up to date on Windows Updates and am using
all the latest drivers from HP.

I still have the what do when I close the lid of my laptop power
options missing. This is terribly annoying and basically makes it so
the computer never goes to sleep unless you put it there.

I had the opportunity to look at the power options of several display
laptops and some from manufacturers other than HP were also missing
the option. I have searched all over, tried HP technical support, and
still not come across a way to solve it. I have tried using updated
nvidia drivers from laptopvideo2go.com and still no go on the power
options.

Help!

Try this

control panel > power options > pick High Performance > click on Change Plan
Settings

click on Change advanced power settings, find and click on the + for Power
buttons and lid then the + for Lid close actions.

If that option is missing, then I'm stuck as well. Hope it helps.



"(E-Mail Removed)" wrote:

> I am having this same problem on my HP dv2000 series laptop with Vista
> Home Premium. I am fully up to date on Windows Updates and am using
> all the latest drivers from HP.
>
> I still have the what do when I close the lid of my laptop power
> options missing. This is terribly annoying and basically makes it so
> the computer never goes to sleep unless you put it there.
>
> I had the opportunity to look at the power options of several display
> laptops and some from manufacturers other than HP were also missing
> the option. I have searched all over, tried HP technical support, and
> still not come across a way to solve it. I have tried using updated
> nvidia drivers from laptopvideo2go.com and still no go on the power
> options.
>
> Help!
>
>

In the advanced options window, do you have "change options not showing?"

"romanom" wrote:

> Try this
>
> control panel > power options > pick High Performance > click on Change Plan
> Settings
>
> click on Change advanced power settings, find and click on the + for Power
> buttons and lid then the + for Lid close actions.
>
> If that option is missing, then I'm stuck as well. Hope it helps.
>
>
>
> "(E-Mail Removed)" wrote:
>
> > I am having this same problem on my HP dv2000 series laptop with Vista
> > Home Premium. I am fully up to date on Windows Updates and am using
> > all the latest drivers from HP.
> >
> > I still have the what do when I close the lid of my laptop power
> > options missing. This is terribly annoying and basically makes it so
> > the computer never goes to sleep unless you put it there.
> >
> > I had the opportunity to look at the power options of several display
> > laptops and some from manufacturers other than HP were also missing
> > the option. I have searched all over, tried HP technical support, and
> > still not come across a way to solve it. I have tried using updated
> > nvidia drivers from laptopvideo2go.com and still no go on the power
> > options.
> >
> > Help!
> >
> >

I have the "change options not showing" and have clicked it and it
doesn't make any difference.

I am also missing the lid close action option in the advanced settings
for all power profiles.

I spent 1 hour 30 minutes on the phone with HP support and that was
fruitless. After doing everything I had already done, they recommended
wiping the system clean and doing a re-install. This also will be
fruitless as if it resets the computer to factory state, it will just
match all the other display notebooks I have seen with the same
problem. I have had this problem from day 1.



On Aug 21, 2:54 am, romanom <roma...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> In the advanced options window, do you have "change options not showing?"
>
> "romanom" wrote:
> > Try this
>
> > control panel > power options > pick High Performance > click on Change Plan
> > Settings
>
> > click on Change advanced power settings, find and click on the + for Power
> > buttons and lid then the + for Lid close actions.
>
> > If that option is missing, then I'm stuck as well. Hope it helps.
>
> > "gosh...@gmail.com" wrote:
>
> > > I am having this same problem on my HP dv2000 series laptop with Vista
> > > Home Premium. I am fully up to date on Windows Updates and am using
> > > all the latest drivers from HP.
>
> > > I still have the what do when I close the lid of my laptop power
> > > options missing. This is terribly annoying and basically makes it so
> > > the computer never goes to sleep unless you put it there.
>
> > > I had the opportunity to look at the power options of several display
> > > laptops and some from manufacturers other than HP were also missing
> > > the option. I have searched all over, tried HP technical support, and
> > > still not come across a way to solve it. I have tried using updated
> > > nvidia drivers from laptopvideo2go.com and still no go on the power
> > > options.
>
> > > Help!

I apologize for posting this way, but for some reason unknown to me I am
unable to post a new question or comment. I've tried everything but the only
thing I can get to work is to reply to an existing thread. I scanned your
threads and don't see anything off-hand that covers this sleep problem.

I recently got a Dell Inspirion 530 desktop, with Intel Core 2 Duo running
Windows Vista Premium Home Ed. I have not installed new programs on this
computer except for updates recommended or automatically installed by the
computer (i.e. McAfee virus updates or driver updates). All I did was
transfer some e-mails and a couple Word documents from my old computer.

My problem is with the sleep mode. It was working fine until I did a
DiskCleanup -- something I did regularly on my old Windows 98 without any
problem. I didn't realize until I started doing a little research online
that I never should have used that. Now, Vista will not enter sleep mode,
either by the Performance Management settings (I use the default Dell
Recommended -- which is the same as the Balanced settings) or when I select
"Sleep" mode from the button or shutdown menu bar. Sleep turns "on" but only
for a few seconds and then the computer starts up again.

I read some suggestions from different Vista help sites and here saying to
disable the mouse and keyboard from being able to "wake up" the computer and
also the multimedia sharing. I did that and it did nothing to solve the
problem.

I went to Microsoft Help and it says that the hibernate function has been
disabled. It said to do the following: Go to All Programs
Accessories
Command Prompt
Run as Administrator
Type: powercfg -h on

But I receive an error message saying that I don't have the rights to enable
or disable hibernation. I don't understand this since my profile is set-up
as system administrator. I've checked that a couple times. When I get to
the Command Prompt, there is nothing for me to select to Run as Administrator
-- I'm guessing (thougth I'm probably wrong??) that since my profile is the
system administrator it's automatic?

So ... anybody know what I'm doing wrong? Any suggestions for me?

Again, I apologize for not creating a new question posting, but I can't seem
to get that to work.

Thank you,

Kim

Have you tried to get to the command prompt by typing cmd in the Start Search
box above the Start Orb, and when cmd.exe appears at the top of the Start Menu,
right clicking on it to see if the "Run as Administrator" option appears?


I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!


"Kim Doyle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:34D5C583-BE30-42CE-A894-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I apologize for posting this way, but for some reason unknown to me I am
> unable to post a new question or comment. I've tried everything but the only
> thing I can get to work is to reply to an existing thread. I scanned your
> threads and don't see anything off-hand that covers this sleep problem.
>
> I recently got a Dell Inspirion 530 desktop, with Intel Core 2 Duo running
> Windows Vista Premium Home Ed. I have not installed new programs on this
> computer except for updates recommended or automatically installed by the
> computer (i.e. McAfee virus updates or driver updates). All I did was
> transfer some e-mails and a couple Word documents from my old computer.
>
> My problem is with the sleep mode. It was working fine until I did a
> DiskCleanup -- something I did regularly on my old Windows 98 without any
> problem. I didn't realize until I started doing a little research online
> that I never should have used that. Now, Vista will not enter sleep mode,
> either by the Performance Management settings (I use the default Dell
> Recommended -- which is the same as the Balanced settings) or when I select
> "Sleep" mode from the button or shutdown menu bar. Sleep turns "on" but only
> for a few seconds and then the computer starts up again.
>
> I read some suggestions from different Vista help sites and here saying to
> disable the mouse and keyboard from being able to "wake up" the computer and
> also the multimedia sharing. I did that and it did nothing to solve the
> problem.
>
> I went to Microsoft Help and it says that the hibernate function has been
> disabled. It said to do the following: Go to All Programs
> Accessories
> Command Prompt
> Run as Administrator
> Type: powercfg -h on
>
> But I receive an error message saying that I don't have the rights to enable
> or disable hibernation. I don't understand this since my profile is set-up
> as system administrator. I've checked that a couple times. When I get to
> the Command Prompt, there is nothing for me to select to Run as Administrator
> -- I'm guessing (thougth I'm probably wrong??) that since my profile is the
> system administrator it's automatic?
>
> So ... anybody know what I'm doing wrong? Any suggestions for me?
>
> Again, I apologize for not creating a new question posting, but I can't seem
> to get that to work.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Kim

I just tried what you suggested. I get to the command prompt window:
Administrator:C:\Windows\System 32\cmd.exe (Thanks for that! 1 problem
solved!)

At C:\Windows\system32> when I type in powercfg -h on as
suggested by Microsoft and press Enter, it doesn't do anything but give me
another line beginning C:Windows\system32>

Thank you,

Kim


"Cal Bear '66" wrote:

> Have you tried to get to the command prompt by typing cmd in the Start Search
> box above the Start Orb, and when cmd.exe appears at the top of the Start Menu,
> right clicking on it to see if the "Run as Administrator" option appears?
>
>
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "Kim Doyle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:34D5C583-BE30-42CE-A894-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I apologize for posting this way, but for some reason unknown to me I am
> > unable to post a new question or comment. I've tried everything but the only
> > thing I can get to work is to reply to an existing thread. I scanned your
> > threads and don't see anything off-hand that covers this sleep problem.
> >
> > I recently got a Dell Inspirion 530 desktop, with Intel Core 2 Duo running
> > Windows Vista Premium Home Ed. I have not installed new programs on this
> > computer except for updates recommended or automatically installed by the
> > computer (i.e. McAfee virus updates or driver updates). All I did was
> > transfer some e-mails and a couple Word documents from my old computer.
> >
> > My problem is with the sleep mode. It was working fine until I did a
> > DiskCleanup -- something I did regularly on my old Windows 98 without any
> > problem. I didn't realize until I started doing a little research online
> > that I never should have used that. Now, Vista will not enter sleep mode,
> > either by the Performance Management settings (I use the default Dell
> > Recommended -- which is the same as the Balanced settings) or when I select
> > "Sleep" mode from the button or shutdown menu bar. Sleep turns "on" but only
> > for a few seconds and then the computer starts up again.
> >
> > I read some suggestions from different Vista help sites and here saying to
> > disable the mouse and keyboard from being able to "wake up" the computer and
> > also the multimedia sharing. I did that and it did nothing to solve the
> > problem.
> >
> > I went to Microsoft Help and it says that the hibernate function has been
> > disabled. It said to do the following: Go to All Programs
> > Accessories
> > Command Prompt
> > Run as Administrator
> > Type: powercfg -h on
> >
> > But I receive an error message saying that I don't have the rights to enable
> > or disable hibernation. I don't understand this since my profile is set-up
> > as system administrator. I've checked that a couple times. When I get to
> > the Command Prompt, there is nothing for me to select to Run as Administrator
> > -- I'm guessing (thougth I'm probably wrong??) that since my profile is the
> > system administrator it's automatic?
> >
> > So ... anybody know what I'm doing wrong? Any suggestions for me?
> >
> > Again, I apologize for not creating a new question posting, but I can't seem
> > to get that to work.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Kim
>
>
>

Kim,

If you type
powercfg -lastwake
you might get a hint as to what is starting up your machine


also powercfg devicequery wake_armed
you may get some idea of devices that are capable of waking your computer.

Michael


"Kim Doyle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:742D0CD5-8183-4251-9B00-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I just tried what you suggested. I get to the command prompt window:
> Administrator:C:\Windows\System 32\cmd.exe (Thanks for that! 1
> problem
> solved!)
>
> At C:\Windows\system32> when I type in powercfg -h on as
> suggested by Microsoft and press Enter, it doesn't do anything but give me
> another line beginning C:Windows\system32>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Kim
>
>
> "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>
>> Have you tried to get to the command prompt by typing cmd in the Start
>> Search
>> box above the Start Orb, and when cmd.exe appears at the top of the Start
>> Menu,
>> right clicking on it to see if the "Run as Administrator" option appears?
>>
>>
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "Kim Doyle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:34D5C583-BE30-42CE-A894-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I apologize for posting this way, but for some reason unknown to me I am
>> > unable to post a new question or comment. I've tried everything but
>> > the only
>> > thing I can get to work is to reply to an existing thread. I scanned
>> > your
>> > threads and don't see anything off-hand that covers this sleep problem.
>> >
>> > I recently got a Dell Inspirion 530 desktop, with Intel Core 2 Duo
>> > running
>> > Windows Vista Premium Home Ed. I have not installed new programs on
>> > this
>> > computer except for updates recommended or automatically installed by
>> > the
>> > computer (i.e. McAfee virus updates or driver updates). All I did was
>> > transfer some e-mails and a couple Word documents from my old computer.
>> >
>> > My problem is with the sleep mode. It was working fine until I did a
>> > DiskCleanup -- something I did regularly on my old Windows 98 without
>> > any
>> > problem. I didn't realize until I started doing a little research
>> > online
>> > that I never should have used that. Now, Vista will not enter sleep
>> > mode,
>> > either by the Performance Management settings (I use the default Dell
>> > Recommended -- which is the same as the Balanced settings) or when I
>> > select
>> > "Sleep" mode from the button or shutdown menu bar. Sleep turns "on"
>> > but only
>> > for a few seconds and then the computer starts up again.
>> >
>> > I read some suggestions from different Vista help sites and here saying
>> > to
>> > disable the mouse and keyboard from being able to "wake up" the
>> > computer and
>> > also the multimedia sharing. I did that and it did nothing to solve
>> > the
>> > problem.
>> >
>> > I went to Microsoft Help and it says that the hibernate function has
>> > been
>> > disabled. It said to do the following: Go to All Programs
>> > Accessories
>> > Command Prompt
>> > Run as Administrator
>> > Type: powercfg -h on
>> >
>> > But I receive an error message saying that I don't have the rights to
>> > enable
>> > or disable hibernation. I don't understand this since my profile is
>> > set-up
>> > as system administrator. I've checked that a couple times. When I get
>> > to
>> > the Command Prompt, there is nothing for me to select to Run as
>> > Administrator
>> > -- I'm guessing (thougth I'm probably wrong??) that since my profile is
>> > the
>> > system administrator it's automatic?
>> >
>> > So ... anybody know what I'm doing wrong? Any suggestions for me?
>> >
>> > Again, I apologize for not creating a new question posting, but I can't
>> > seem
>> > to get that to work.
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> >
>> > Kim
>>
>>
>>

You're welcome.

You could go back to Disk Cleanup and see if the Hibernation File is now there
(reboot required???).


I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!


"Kim Doyle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:742D0CD5-8183-4251-9B00-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I just tried what you suggested. I get to the command prompt window:
> Administrator:C:\Windows\System 32\cmd.exe (Thanks for that! 1 problem
> solved!)
>
> At C:\Windows\system32> when I type in powercfg -h on as
> suggested by Microsoft and press Enter, it doesn't do anything but give me
> another line beginning C:Windows\system32>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Kim
>
>
> "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>
>> Have you tried to get to the command prompt by typing cmd in the Start Search
>> box above the Start Orb, and when cmd.exe appears at the top of the Start
>> Menu,
>> right clicking on it to see if the "Run as Administrator" option appears?
>>
>>
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "Kim Doyle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:34D5C583-BE30-42CE-A894-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I apologize for posting this way, but for some reason unknown to me I am
>> > unable to post a new question or comment. I've tried everything but the
>> > only
>> > thing I can get to work is to reply to an existing thread. I scanned your
>> > threads and don't see anything off-hand that covers this sleep problem.
>> >
>> > I recently got a Dell Inspirion 530 desktop, with Intel Core 2 Duo running
>> > Windows Vista Premium Home Ed. I have not installed new programs on this
>> > computer except for updates recommended or automatically installed by the
>> > computer (i.e. McAfee virus updates or driver updates). All I did was
>> > transfer some e-mails and a couple Word documents from my old computer.
>> >
>> > My problem is with the sleep mode. It was working fine until I did a
>> > DiskCleanup -- something I did regularly on my old Windows 98 without any
>> > problem. I didn't realize until I started doing a little research online
>> > that I never should have used that. Now, Vista will not enter sleep mode,
>> > either by the Performance Management settings (I use the default Dell
>> > Recommended -- which is the same as the Balanced settings) or when I select
>> > "Sleep" mode from the button or shutdown menu bar. Sleep turns "on" but
>> > only
>> > for a few seconds and then the computer starts up again.
>> >
>> > I read some suggestions from different Vista help sites and here saying to
>> > disable the mouse and keyboard from being able to "wake up" the computer
>> > and
>> > also the multimedia sharing. I did that and it did nothing to solve the
>> > problem.
>> >
>> > I went to Microsoft Help and it says that the hibernate function has been
>> > disabled. It said to do the following: Go to All Programs
>> > Accessories
>> > Command Prompt
>> > Run as Administrator
>> > Type: powercfg -h on
>> >
>> > But I receive an error message saying that I don't have the rights to
>> > enable
>> > or disable hibernation. I don't understand this since my profile is set-up
>> > as system administrator. I've checked that a couple times. When I get to
>> > the Command Prompt, there is nothing for me to select to Run as
>> > Administrator
>> > -- I'm guessing (thougth I'm probably wrong??) that since my profile is the
>> > system administrator it's automatic?
>> >
>> > So ... anybody know what I'm doing wrong? Any suggestions for me?
>> >
>> > Again, I apologize for not creating a new question posting, but I can't
>> > seem
>> > to get that to work.
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> >
>> > Kim
>>
>>
>>

Hi Michael,

I went into the Command Prompt

Typed: powercfg -lastwake
I receive an error message: Invalid Parameters -- try "/?" for help

At the next prompt I typed: powercfg devicequery wake_armed
And I receive this message:

Intel(R) 82562V-2 10/100 Network Connection
High Definition Audio Controller

So ... not sure what to do next. I'm going to look to see what this High
Definition Audio Controller is and if there is some setting I need to
disable/enable.

I guess I should count myself lucky that this is (so far) my only problem
with Vista, although since I've had my new computer I haven't had a lot of
time to play with it. And now I'm spending all of my time trying to fix this
(literally ... so far I've been online 4 hours straight trying to find a
solution).

My concern is that if I have to shut down the power all of the time, how are
updates going to occur? Or, am I going to get inundated with update prompts
everytime I log on, which is what is happening now?

Is this problem with sleep/hibernation a problem that Microsoft is going to
address with any future updates or service packs? It seems ridiculous that
by running a disk cleanup, to keep my system running at optimum, I've screwed
it up.

Thanks very much for your help. It's greatly appreciated.

Kim





"Michael Walraven" wrote:

> Kim,
>
> If you type
> powercfg -lastwake
> you might get a hint as to what is starting up your machine
>
>
> also powercfg devicequery wake_armed
> you may get some idea of devices that are capable of waking your computer.
>
> Michael
>
>
> "Kim Doyle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:742D0CD5-8183-4251-9B00-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I just tried what you suggested. I get to the command prompt window:
> > Administrator:C:\Windows\System 32\cmd.exe (Thanks for that! 1
> > problem
> > solved!)
> >
> > At C:\Windows\system32> when I type in powercfg -h on as
> > suggested by Microsoft and press Enter, it doesn't do anything but give me
> > another line beginning C:Windows\system32>
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Kim
> >
> >
> > "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
> >
> >> Have you tried to get to the command prompt by typing cmd in the Start
> >> Search
> >> box above the Start Orb, and when cmd.exe appears at the top of the Start
> >> Menu,
> >> right clicking on it to see if the "Run as Administrator" option appears?
> >>
> >>
> >> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> >> GO BEARS!
> >>
> >>
> >> "Kim Doyle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:34D5C583-BE30-42CE-A894-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I apologize for posting this way, but for some reason unknown to me I am
> >> > unable to post a new question or comment. I've tried everything but
> >> > the only
> >> > thing I can get to work is to reply to an existing thread. I scanned
> >> > your
> >> > threads and don't see anything off-hand that covers this sleep problem.
> >> >
> >> > I recently got a Dell Inspirion 530 desktop, with Intel Core 2 Duo
> >> > running
> >> > Windows Vista Premium Home Ed. I have not installed new programs on
> >> > this
> >> > computer except for updates recommended or automatically installed by
> >> > the
> >> > computer (i.e. McAfee virus updates or driver updates). All I did was
> >> > transfer some e-mails and a couple Word documents from my old computer.
> >> >
> >> > My problem is with the sleep mode. It was working fine until I did a
> >> > DiskCleanup -- something I did regularly on my old Windows 98 without
> >> > any
> >> > problem. I didn't realize until I started doing a little research
> >> > online
> >> > that I never should have used that. Now, Vista will not enter sleep
> >> > mode,
> >> > either by the Performance Management settings (I use the default Dell
> >> > Recommended -- which is the same as the Balanced settings) or when I
> >> > select
> >> > "Sleep" mode from the button or shutdown menu bar. Sleep turns "on"
> >> > but only
> >> > for a few seconds and then the computer starts up again.
> >> >
> >> > I read some suggestions from different Vista help sites and here saying
> >> > to
> >> > disable the mouse and keyboard from being able to "wake up" the
> >> > computer and
> >> > also the multimedia sharing. I did that and it did nothing to solve
> >> > the
> >> > problem.
> >> >
> >> > I went to Microsoft Help and it says that the hibernate function has
> >> > been
> >> > disabled. It said to do the following: Go to All Programs
> >> > Accessories
> >> > Command Prompt
> >> > Run as Administrator
> >> > Type: powercfg -h on
> >> >
> >> > But I receive an error message saying that I don't have the rights to
> >> > enable
> >> > or disable hibernation. I don't understand this since my profile is
> >> > set-up
> >> > as system administrator. I've checked that a couple times. When I get
> >> > to
> >> > the Command Prompt, there is nothing for me to select to Run as
> >> > Administrator
> >> > -- I'm guessing (thougth I'm probably wrong??) that since my profile is
> >> > the
> >> > system administrator it's automatic?
> >> >
> >> > So ... anybody know what I'm doing wrong? Any suggestions for me?
> >> >
> >> > Again, I apologize for not creating a new question posting, but I can't
> >> > seem
> >> > to get that to work.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you,
> >> >
> >> > Kim
> >>
> >>
> >>