I seem to have trouble making auto-standby (based on the power management
timers) work. Or at least keep working.

I reinstalled Win2000 after a disk crash about 9 months ago, and suddenly
standby/hibernate started working. They didn't before, and I don't know
why, but after the new install they did. But I could never make the system
standby after XX minutes using the power management settings. I could
invoke standby manually, but not by a timer.

Last week I had a fatal registry corruption, and no recent registry backups
(oops). I had to revert to the registry copy created at the original
install 9 months ago. I had to reinstall most apps but at least I kept the
rest of my setup intact.

And suddenly the system was entering standby on its own, after the
specified 30 minute timeout. I'm not sure why, but I was happy.

But now, a week after the registry crash, it has once again quit entering
standby after the timeout.

Why do I have so much trouble making the timeout-standby "stick" !?
Gary

Check Event Viewer for errors.

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"Gary Fritz" wrote:
|I seem to have trouble making auto-standby (based on the power management
| timers) work. Or at least keep working.
|
| I reinstalled Win2000 after a disk crash about 9 months ago, and suddenly
| standby/hibernate started working. They didn't before, and I don't know
| why, but after the new install they did. But I could never make the
system
| standby after XX minutes using the power management settings. I could
| invoke standby manually, but not by a timer.
|
| Last week I had a fatal registry corruption, and no recent registry
backups
| (oops). I had to revert to the registry copy created at the original
| install 9 months ago. I had to reinstall most apps but at least I kept
the
| rest of my setup intact.
|
| And suddenly the system was entering standby on its own, after the
| specified 30 minute timeout. I'm not sure why, but I was happy.
|
| But now, a week after the registry crash, it has once again quit entering
| standby after the timeout.
|
| Why do I have so much trouble making the timeout-standby "stick" !?
| Gary

"Dave Patrick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Check Event Viewer for errors.

Hm. System errors, I assume? Can you give me some idea what I'm looking
for?

Most of the errors I see in there are network-related, due to some
experiments I've been doing with virtual machines in VMware.

Several days ago, about the time auto-standby quit working, there were a
few errors related to the browser master on our LAN. First there was
this one:

> The browser was unable to retrieve a list of servers from the browser
> master \\EMACHINE on the network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{1D511279-E521-
> 4E23-B27B-E13879EA969A}. The data is the error code.

Then a few minutes later:

> The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many
> times on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{1D511279-E521-4E23-B27B-
> E13879EA969A}. The backup browser is stopping.

That backup browser wouldn't be related to this, would it?

A few hours later it got this error:

> The GEARAspiWDM service failed to start due to the following error:
> The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because
> it has no enabled devices associated with it.

But again, I don't think that would affect power management.

The only recent errors I see in Applications are a bunch of LoadPerf
errors:

> The performance counter name string value in the registry is
> incorrectly formatted. The last valid index value is DWORD 0 in the
> Record Data.

So I don't *think* there are any applicable errors in the Event Viewer...
Gary

When you view the logged events in Event Viewer (double-click them in the
right-hand pane) in the upper right corner, third button down is a copy to
clipboard, then you can paste in the body of a reply message.

Please do so for each of the different System Log events (that are a Type:
'Error' or 'Warning') since last boot so we can see all of the event detail.

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"Gary Fritz" wrote:
| Hm. System errors, I assume? Can you give me some idea what I'm looking
| for?
|
| Most of the errors I see in there are network-related, due to some
| experiments I've been doing with virtual machines in VMware.
|
| Several days ago, about the time auto-standby quit working, there were a
| few errors related to the browser master on our LAN. First there was
| this one:
|
| > The browser was unable to retrieve a list of servers from the browser
| > master \\EMACHINE on the network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{1D511279-E521-
| > 4E23-B27B-E13879EA969A}. The data is the error code.
|
| Then a few minutes later:
|
| > The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many
| > times on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{1D511279-E521-4E23-B27B-
| > E13879EA969A}. The backup browser is stopping.
|
| That backup browser wouldn't be related to this, would it?
|
| A few hours later it got this error:
|
| > The GEARAspiWDM service failed to start due to the following error:
| > The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because
| > it has no enabled devices associated with it.
|
| But again, I don't think that would affect power management.
|
| The only recent errors I see in Applications are a bunch of LoadPerf
| errors:
|
| > The performance counter name string value in the registry is
| > incorrectly formatted. The last valid index value is DWORD 0 in the
| > Record Data.
|
| So I don't *think* there are any applicable errors in the Event Viewer...
| Gary

"Dave Patrick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Please [copy] each of the different System Log events (that are a
> Type: 'Error' or 'Warning') since last boot so we can see all of the
> event detail.

Hm. I rebooted a few days ago, though I don't remember exactly when. I
see a couple of Info events that I suspect indicate the reboot, and I'll
start with those.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: EventLog
Event Category: None
Event ID: 6009
Date: 5/20/2006
Time: 8:33:30 AM
User: N/A
Computer: W2K
Description:
Microsoft (R) Windows 2000 (R) 5.0 2195 Service Pack 4 Uniprocessor Free.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: EventLog
Event Category: None
Event ID: 6005
Date: 5/20/2006
Time: 8:33:30 AM
User: N/A
Computer: W2K
Description:
The Event log service was started.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: VMnetDHCP
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 5/20/2006
Time: 8:37:15 AM
User: N/A
Computer: W2K
Description:
dispatch: Timeout waiting for input data

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Srv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 2013
Date: 5/20/2006
Time: 8:38:35 AM
User: N/A
Computer: W2K
Description:
The D: disk is at or near capacity. You may need to delete some files.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 02 00 48 00 ......H.
0008: 00 00 00 00 dd 07 00 80 ....Ý..?
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

*** (FWIW there is over 6GB free on the D: drive.)

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: VMnetDHCP
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 5/20/2006
Time: 8:42:48 AM
User: N/A
Computer: W2K
Description:
dispatch: Timeout waiting for input data

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: VMnetDHCP
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 5/20/2006
Time: 8:46:04 AM
User: N/A
Computer: W2K
Description:
dispatch: Timeout waiting for input data

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: BROWSER
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8021
Date: 5/22/2006
Time: 8:36:21 AM
User: N/A
Computer: W2K
Description:
The browser was unable to retrieve a list of servers from the browser
master \\GINGER on the network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{1D511279-E521-4E23-
B27B-E13879EA969A}. The data is the error code.
Data:
0000: 35 00 00 00 5...

Event Type: Error
Event Source: BROWSER
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8032
Date: 5/22/2006
Time: 8:39:45 AM
User: N/A
Computer: W2K
Description:
The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times
on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{1D511279-E521-4E23-B27B-E13879EA969A}.
The backup browser is stopping.
Data:
0000: 35 00 00 00 5...

You might try a vmware group. If the pc is multi-homed you'll sometimes get
those browser errors. This article may also help.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;112509

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"Gary Fritz" wrote:
| Hm. I rebooted a few days ago, though I don't remember exactly when. I
| see a couple of Info events that I suspect indicate the reboot, and I'll
| start with those.
|
| Event Type: Information
| Event Source: EventLog
| Event Category: None
| Event ID: 6009
| Date: 5/20/2006
| Time: 8:33:30 AM
| User: N/A
| Computer: W2K
| Description:
| Microsoft (R) Windows 2000 (R) 5.0 2195 Service Pack 4 Uniprocessor Free.
|
| Event Type: Information
| Event Source: EventLog
| Event Category: None
| Event ID: 6005
| Date: 5/20/2006
| Time: 8:33:30 AM
| User: N/A
| Computer: W2K
| Description:
| The Event log service was started.
|
| Event Type: Warning
| Event Source: VMnetDHCP
| Event Category: None
| Event ID: 1
| Date: 5/20/2006
| Time: 8:37:15 AM
| User: N/A
| Computer: W2K
| Description:
| dispatch: Timeout waiting for input data
|
| Event Type: Warning
| Event Source: Srv
| Event Category: None
| Event ID: 2013
| Date: 5/20/2006
| Time: 8:38:35 AM
| User: N/A
| Computer: W2K
| Description:
| The D: disk is at or near capacity. You may need to delete some files.
| Data:
| 0000: 00 00 00 00 02 00 48 00 ......H.
| 0008: 00 00 00 00 dd 07 00 80 ....Ý..?
| 0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
| 0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
| 0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
|
| *** (FWIW there is over 6GB free on the D: drive.)
|
| Event Type: Warning
| Event Source: VMnetDHCP
| Event Category: None
| Event ID: 1
| Date: 5/20/2006
| Time: 8:42:48 AM
| User: N/A
| Computer: W2K
| Description:
| dispatch: Timeout waiting for input data
|
| Event Type: Warning
| Event Source: VMnetDHCP
| Event Category: None
| Event ID: 1
| Date: 5/20/2006
| Time: 8:46:04 AM
| User: N/A
| Computer: W2K
| Description:
| dispatch: Timeout waiting for input data
|
| Event Type: Warning
| Event Source: BROWSER
| Event Category: None
| Event ID: 8021
| Date: 5/22/2006
| Time: 8:36:21 AM
| User: N/A
| Computer: W2K
| Description:
| The browser was unable to retrieve a list of servers from the browser
| master \\GINGER on the network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{1D511279-E521-4E23-
| B27B-E13879EA969A}. The data is the error code.
| Data:
| 0000: 35 00 00 00 5...
|
| Event Type: Error
| Event Source: BROWSER
| Event Category: None
| Event ID: 8032
| Date: 5/22/2006
| Time: 8:39:45 AM
| User: N/A
| Computer: W2K
| Description:
| The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times
| on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{1D511279-E521-4E23-B27B-E13879EA969A}.
| The backup browser is stopping.
| Data:
| 0000: 35 00 00 00 5...

"Dave Patrick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> You might try a vmware group. If the pc is multi-homed you'll
> sometimes get those browser errors.

I am not at all concerned about the browser errors. I've gotten them for
years (apparently the 5 PCs on our LAN periodically fight for who's going
to be the master browser) and as far as I know it's never caused a problem.
Unless you say it's a likely cause of the standby failure, or if there's a
simple solution, I'll continue to ignore it.

I'd push for clearing up all system log errors.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"Gary Fritz" wrote:
| I am not at all concerned about the browser errors. I've gotten them for
| years (apparently the 5 PCs on our LAN periodically fight for who's going
| to be the master browser) and as far as I know it's never caused a
problem.
| Unless you say it's a likely cause of the standby failure, or if there's a
| simple solution, I'll continue to ignore it.

"Dave Patrick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I'd push for clearing up all system log errors.

OK, then how? The MSKB articles are not very straightforward. How should
I fix the master browser conflict?

BTW last night and this morning, the auto-standby started working again.
And I haven't changed a thing that I know of. Weird.

These ones may help.

Description of the Microsoft Computer Browser Service
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];188001

How Browsing a Wide Area Network Works
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];117633

Common Questions About Browsing with Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];136712

Description of NetBIOS Browsing Console (Browcon.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/818092

Glad to hear the other one is sorted.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"Gary Fritz" wrote:
| OK, then how? The MSKB articles are not very straightforward. How should
| I fix the master browser conflict?
|
| BTW last night and this morning, the auto-standby started working again.
| And I haven't changed a thing that I know of. Weird.