After scheduled task wake-up, computer goes back to sleep too soon

[Guest]

Hi all.

I'm having a problem with Scheduled Tasks and the sleep function. I've
created tasks with "Wake the computer to run this task" set, and the computer
does indeed wake up at the specified time to run the task, but it then goes
back to sleep two minutes later, before the task has had time to finish.
When I wake the computer myself later, the task carries on.

I've tried this with a task that runs a windows app, one that runs a command
line app, and one that runs defrag, and it's always the same - it suspends
again after 2 minutes.

Has anyone else had a problem with their computer resuspending / going back
to sleep prematurely? Does anyone have any ideas for how to stop it doing
this?

Thanks.

 

[matt mentor]

What you need to do is go into registry and set the timer for going back to sleep or hibernate for longer than 120 seconds. Here's how:

http://annoyances-resolved.blogspot.com/2009/10/computer-goes-back-to-sleep-after-wake.html



Oli wrote:

After scheduled task wake-up, computer goes back to sleep too soon
28-Oct-07

Hi all.

I'm having a problem with Scheduled Tasks and the sleep function. I've
created tasks with "Wake the computer to run this task" set, and the computer
does indeed wake up at the specified time to run the task, but it then goes
back to sleep two minutes later, before the task has had time to finish.
When I wake the computer myself later, the task carries on.

I've tried this with a task that runs a windows app, one that runs a command
line app, and one that runs defrag, and it's always the same - it suspends
again after 2 minutes.

Has anyone else had a problem with their computer resuspending / going back
to sleep prematurely? Does anyone have any ideas for how to stop it doing
this?

Thanks.

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[matt mentor]

You will have to change the value from 120 seconds to however long you need the system to be awake. Just change the registry: http://annoyances-resolved.blogspot.com/2009/10/computer-goes-back-to-sleep-after-wake.html



Oli wrote:

After scheduled task wake-up, computer goes back to sleep too soon
28-Oct-07

Hi all.

I'm having a problem with Scheduled Tasks and the sleep function. I've
created tasks with "Wake the computer to run this task" set, and the computer
does indeed wake up at the specified time to run the task, but it then goes
back to sleep two minutes later, before the task has had time to finish.
When I wake the computer myself later, the task carries on.

I've tried this with a task that runs a windows app, one that runs a command
line app, and one that runs defrag, and it's always the same - it suspends
again after 2 minutes.

Has anyone else had a problem with their computer resuspending / going back
to sleep prematurely? Does anyone have any ideas for how to stop it doing
this?

Thanks.

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[matt mentor]

<a href="http://annoyances-resolved.blogspot.com/2009/10/computer-goes-back-to-sleep-after-wake.html">http://annoyances-resolved.blogspot.com/2009/10/computer-goes-back-to-sleep-after-wake.html</a>



matt mentor wrote:

Solution
06-Oct-09

You will have to change the value from 120 seconds to however long you need the system to be awake. Just change the registry: http://annoyances-resolved.blogspot.com/2009/10/computer-goes-back-to-sleep-after-wake.html

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