PC refuses to hibernate

[Paul MR]

My wife's desktop machine (Windows 2000 professional (SP4, I think)),
was set to shut off the monitor after 5 minutes and hibernate after 15
minutes. It did this faithfully until about a month ago, she says, and
then it stopped going into hibernation. I looked at the power options
and nothing appeared to have changed. I changed the settings anyway,
and still get the same result: the monitor shuts down, but the
hibernation never happens. Any suggestions, please?
Paul in San Francisco

 

[Andy]

My wife's desktop machine (Windows 2000 professional (SP4, I think)),
was set to shut off the monitor after 5 minutes and hibernate after 15
minutes. It did this faithfully until about a month ago, she says, and
then it stopped going into hibernation. I looked at the power options
and nothing appeared to have changed. I changed the settings anyway,
and still get the same result: the monitor shuts down, but the
hibernation never happens. Any suggestions, please?
Paul in San Francisco

Can you manually hibernate the computer?

 

[Paul MR]

Can you manually hibernate the computer?

Yes.

 

[Paul MR]

Can you manually hibernate the computer?

Yes.
The problem persists. I did defrag, and 15 minutes later the machine
did hibernate, but only the one time and not thereafter. Also, I
changed the setting from hibernate to standby, and the result is the
same: the monitor shuts off as instructed, but the machine does not.
Still looking for suggestions to pursue.
Paul in San Francisco

 

[Paul MR]

Yes.
The problem persists. I did defrag, and 15 minutes later the machine
did hibernate, but only the one time and not thereafter. Also, I
changed the setting from hibernate to standby, and the result is the
same: the monitor shuts off as instructed, but the machine does not.
Still looking for suggestions to pursue.
Paul in San Francisco

Still no solution. Am I in the right forum?
Paul in San Francisco

 

[Bill_M]

Still no solution.  Am I in the right forum?
Paul in San Francisco

Paul I have the same problem. In my case I have traced the problem to
the latest Java 6 releases(s). At about the same time frame as you I
let Java download and install. Post install machine ceased to
hibernate automatically but would manually. Checked error log and
noticed I was also getting a Perflib error. Emailed Sun. To solve the
problem, if yours is the same as mine, open computer management. Go to
services tab. Scroll down right side to Java Quick Start. Set service
type to manual. Stop service or reboot. In my case auto hibernate
returned.
The latest Java release which installed a few day's ago eliminated the
Perflib error but still refuses to allow my machine to auto-hibernate.
Performed same change as above, auto hibernate returned. Emailed Sun
again. Don't think their listening to Win2K users IMO. Hope it helps

Bill

 

[Paul MR]

Paul I have the same problem. In my case I have traced the problem to
the latest Java 6 releases(s). At about the same time frame as you I
let Java download and install. Post install machine ceased to
hibernate automatically but would manually. Checked error log and
noticed I was also getting a Perflib error. Emailed Sun. To solve the
problem, if yours is the same as mine, open computer management. Go to
services tab. Scroll down right side to Java Quick Start. Set service
type to manual. Stop service or reboot. In my case auto hibernate
returned.
The latest Java release which installed a few day's ago eliminated the
Perflib error but still refuses to allow my machine to auto-hibernate.
Performed same change as above, auto hibernate returned. Emailed Sun
again. Don't think their listening to Win2K users IMO. Hope it helps

Bill
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Thanks, Bill. Your diagnosis and solution were precisely right. No
unwarranted side effects thus far. I have no training in computers at
this level of operation, and it never would have occurred to me to
connect the hibernation problem to Java. Thanks again.

Paul in San Francisco

 

[Bill_MA]

Thanks, Bill.  Your diagnosis and solution were precisely right.  No
unwarranted side effects thus far.  I have no training in computers at
this level of operation, and it never would have occurred to me to
connect the hibernation problem to Java.  Thanks again.

Paul in San Francisco

You're welcome. Glad it helped.

Bill