Recent content by David32

It worked! That is, it went to sleep and woke correctly. I wonder why and what is different about hybrid sleep. I'll leave it this way for a while and see whether it works consistently.

Rarely the bsod. It doesn't wake from sleep. Pressing the power button brings it to a screen offering safe mode or a normal Windows start-up (so anything I'd left open has been closed or lost). I'm not aware of any more dump files I can give you. I've put 'allow hybrid sleep' on. Presumably I...

Hi again. I've tried all kind of tests and nothing has worked: it can crash with any or even no USB attachments and hibernate didn't help either. The only way I've found to prevent it is to set the pc to never go to sleep when plugged in. The downside of that of course is that I'll probably get...

Hi Kemical. More problems! My sleep occasions recently fall into 1 of just 3 possibilities: - I put it to sleep, come back later and it wakes ok - I put it to sleep, come back later and find that it is offering a safe mode boot or a normal boot (so it's too late to see what woke it or even...

I listed events data in the file in the format [time, event number, description] and there were 2 events with number 40 (both saying, "The driver ... stopped the power transition."). The update was simply a message that appeared saying Windows needs to restart to install updates. I was...

It's happened again, Kemical. I put it to sleep around 11am and returned around 2pm. sfc/scannow returns the same answer but there are some interesting events. I've copied some into a file. Would you be able to advise how to proceed? Should I return to the link you gave me originally and try to...

Hi Kemical. Just to be clear, I was aware of no sleep-related issues before the BOSD affair that started this this thread. Also, it's now happening too often to be acceptable. After reading your last comment I ran scannow and, "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations."...

No more BSODs but I've been getting something else. Roughly 30% of occasions when I return to my PC to wake it from sleep mode, I find that it will not wake. Pressing the power button brings it to a screen offering safe mode or a normal Windows start-up. Windows does start up normally but it's...

Ok Kemical. I assume I use the same link. I'll put it in my diary. In the meantime, I'll wait for the next Windows update and keep my fingers crossed. Thanks again for your help. David.

Ok I've done that, though my options are a little different to yours. Do you agree with those choices? Does this mean I need to periodically check for driver updates and, if so, is the link you gave me the right place to look?

I'm suspicious of the driver involved with the fingerprint scanner, as I've had a few odd things happen with the device in recent weeks (occasional logon problems with messages referring to the scanner - even though it's switched off!), but I don't know for sure. Any suggestions how to find out...

Thanks Kemical. I've tried to install all the drivers on that page but not all would install (see below). Windows isn't asking to install an update. Is it best to just wait to see what happens, to see whether another problem comes? I installed everything on that page with the word 'driver' in...

After a Windows7 required update yesterday, Windows could not restart and the startup repair could not fix it. Eventually I was able to restore to a previous good state (via the HP Recovery Manager). Soon after restarting work this morning it again wanted to perform the update, presumably the...