Thank you for the replies.
I had already looked in "Power Management" but there is only an option to
set the mouse to power on the computer. There is nothing there to allow the
keyboard to power on the computer. I checked the BIOS and it is set to allow
power on with both mouse and keyboard (Although it says something about only
being able use the keyboard if it has a "Power" key. Not sure what that
means). I did find out that to power on using mouse you have to double click
the mouse instead of just wiggling it around.
So, I am now able to turn the computer back on from sleep mode by double
clicking the mouse but not by hitting a key on the keyboard. I'm just
curious, is there a way of powering up Vista from Sleep Mode by holding down
Enter or Spacebar or something on the keyboard or is this no longer
available? Thanks for the help.
I have access to two Vista computers (different manufacturers), and either
computer will awaken from sleep if I press any key. This is also true of
many other computers I've used. I usually press Ctrl (by itself), which is
my superstition resulting from years of Unix, where the keypress was not
ignored.
So I am guessing that you have a configuration problem in Windows or in
your BIOS. I remember one BIOS that let me pick CTRL + any old key as the
starter, but I forget now if there were other choices on that box.
BTW, a Power key is a key labeled "Power". A few (not many) keyboards have
that key.