Computer refuses to stand by

[Michael]

I have a laptop computer with WinXP home that refuses to stand by, or
rather, refuses to stay in that state. It will go into standby, but won't
even stay there for a minute before it wakes itself up without any action on
my part. I'd love to say it's telekinesis, but I think it's that my
computer is a piece of junk. How can I get this thing to stay in stand by
mode?

Michael

 

[Guest]

Hi

You might be using internet through cable or dsl on ethernet connection.
Goto Control Panel -> System -> hardware -> Device manager.

In the Device Manager window, bring up the properties window of your network
adapter and goto the power management tab. You will see two options:
Allow this computer...
Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby

Uncheck both of them
This will help.

Sonit

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have a laptop computer with WinXP home that refuses to stand by, or
rather, refuses to stay in that state. It will go into standby, but won't
even stay there for a minute before it wakes itself up without any action on
my part. I'd love to say it's telekinesis, but I think it's that my
computer is a piece of junk. How can I get this thing to stay in stand by
mode?

Check its BIOS settings - Power options for a Wake up on Modem, or on
LAN - noise in the controllers might be enough to trigger that

 

[Michael]

Hi

You might be using internet through cable or dsl on ethernet connection.
Goto Control Panel -> System -> hardware -> Device manager.

In the Device Manager window, bring up the properties window of your network
adapter and goto the power management tab. You will see two options:
Allow this computer...
Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby

Uncheck both of them
This will help.

Sonit

I am using cable, and of the two options only the first one was checked (I
unchecked it as you suggested). This did not solve the problem. I think it
has something to do with the mouse, though I cannot find any power settings
for the mouse.

Michael