Modem driver prevents system Standby?

[Guest]

Wife's PC with XP Media center edition will not go into a "standby" mode
shutdown. It always comes up w/ the following kind of message:
"System Standby failed
The device driver for the "Conexant D850 data/fax/voice modem" device is
preventing the machine from entering standby. Please close all applications
and try again.
If the problem persists, you may need to update the driver. "

However, it appears that the driver that's installed is at least as recent
as the one that Dell provides as an update (citing a different problem fix --
conflict with Power DVD software). Conexant does not offer a clearly later
one either.

I don't get why a driver would prevent the PC from using Standby. Is there
some setting to turn off that will pacify the driver? (Otherwise I can't
find info on whether any other driver for sale is any better than what it
has. Actually, we don't use the 56K modem but I'm not keen about taking it
out just because of this. )

Any useful ideas, please?

 

[Ghostrider]

Wife's PC with XP Media center edition will not go into a "standby" mode
shutdown. It always comes up w/ the following kind of message:
"System Standby failed
The device driver for the "Conexant D850 data/fax/voice modem" device is
preventing the machine from entering standby. Please close all applications
and try again.
If the problem persists, you may need to update the driver. "

However, it appears that the driver that's installed is at least as recent
as the one that Dell provides as an update (citing a different problem fix --
conflict with Power DVD software). Conexant does not offer a clearly later
one either.

I don't get why a driver would prevent the PC from using Standby. Is there
some setting to turn off that will pacify the driver? (Otherwise I can't
find info on whether any other driver for sale is any better than what it
has. Actually, we don't use the 56K modem but I'm not keen about taking it
out just because of this. )

Any useful ideas, please?

Is the FAX function in the computer set to auto-receive?

 

[Guest]

No, I'm quite sure it isn't set to auto-receive, otherwise it would try to
pick up the phone line and/or interfere w/ the answering machine. We would
only enable it to receive if someone told us a fax is coming. (And since we
got DSL, I've simply disconnected the line to the modem. )
--David