computer turns on by itself shortly after standby and hibernate

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Brand new compaq w/ XP Home. Whether I use hibernate or standby, I find that my computer is back on minutes later. I set up power options to hibernate after 20 minutes but I'm afraid this computer is on all night long. Any ideas?
 
There are all sorts of drivers that do not cooperate with the power
schemes. On my computer, if I leave the HP printer on, the HP
computer will not standby or hibernate. Does exactly what you are
describing, comes back on in a minute (if standby) and refuses all
together if you are telling it to hibernate. With the hibernate, it
should tell you which program is causing the trouble. There is not
much that you can do about it, but you should be able to determine the
culprit by trial and error. Try powering down periphials before you
try to standby/hibernate and see if that works.
 
I have this same problem, but I have disconnected all peripherals and it still starts on its own, so I am at a loss. This behavior seemed to start when I installed SP1. I had Nero 5.5 installed, but removed it and still have the problem.

any ideas?
 
I have this same problem, but I have disconnected all peripherals and it still starts on its own, so I am at a loss. This behavior seemed to start when I installed SP1. I had Nero 5.5 installed, but removed it and still have the problem.

any ideas??
 
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