My Dell won't 'sleep'

tanith

Can anyone tell me why my Dell computer when put into sleep mode... wakes up again after 1 or 2 mins... its really annoying as I sometimes need to pop out and don't really want to switch it off every time...

I have looked in the help and support but nothing about it waking up after a couple of mins...

Rock_Bottom

Is it Windows Vista.

tanith

Sorry I should of said , yes it is Vista

Rock_Bottom

tanith wrote: »

Sorry I should of said , yes it is Vista

In that case try ... Start > Control Panel > Power Options.

colin79666

probably caused by wake on lan or a usb device

you can disable wake on lan from the properties on the lan device (ethernet) or sometimes in the bios

tanith

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, I did change the time for sleep mode but it still comes back on after 1 or 2 mins.. I will take a look at Dells help site see if they can help out...
thanks

tanith

30111987 wrote: »

probably caused by wake on lan or a usb device

you can disable wake on lan from the properties on the lan device (ethernet) or sometimes in the bios

I wouldn't know where to look DUH!! sorry I am a complete Klutz... thanks anyway

Rock_Bottom

Take a look here......

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/fix-sleep-mode-randomly-waking-up-issue-in-windows-vista/

Rock_Bottom

Click Start > Control Panel > Device Manager > Open Network Adaptors ... right click on result then click on properties, then click on the Power Managment tab.

tanith

Rock_Bottom wrote: »

Take a look here......

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/fix-sleep-mode-randomly-waking-up-issue-in-windows-vista/

Thanks for your time and trouble. It worked perfectly... its so easy when you know how.... if only I did

:T :T

colin79666

glad you got there in the end

I am a computing student and sometimes I forget not everyone is as geeky as me