Computer wont stay in stand by?

Legacy_user

I'm using XP, I put the computer in standby and it only stays about 10 secs then comes on again. Any advice? As its a pain turing the computer on and off.

PeterPerfect

Computer standby is related to your power management settings, which can be found under Settings->Control Panel->Power Options. You may have a third party power management software installed already such as Toshiba's. Check that instead for settings

fwor

Someone else reported a similar problem here a few weeks ago, and in their case it was caused by the Automatic Lock function in ZoneAlarm - turning it off solved the problem.

System

PeterPerfect wrote: »

Computer standby is related to your power management settings, which can be found under Settings->Control Panel->Power Options. You may have a third party power management software installed already such as Toshiba's. Check that instead for settings

No, I mean if I hit Start>Turn Off Computer>Stand By It goes into standby a few seconds then turns on again, I'm thinking my optical mouse is to sensitive and turing it on again.

aliEnRIK

you mean SLEEP mode?

snax

nirelandguy wrote: »

No, I mean if I hit Start>Turn Off Computer>Stand By It goes into standby a few seconds then turns on again, I'm thinking my optical mouse is to sensitive and turing it on again.

Mine does the exact same now and again ... not every time and I also suspect that it is my wireless mouse.
I think even the tiniest vibration will cause it to signal the dongle/receiver and the laptop restarts [back to windows logon screen] .... annoying :mad:

I have tried this to see if it is a fix ...
In Device Manager>keyboards>HID Keyboard Device>Right click and select Properties>select Power Management tab .... uncheck box "allow this device to wake the computer">click OK

....... then return to main Device Manager and scroll down 3 or 4 and do the same for HID compliant Mouse

Seems to work atm - a few "sleeps" will tell

hope it helps