power options

I have a laptop running Windows 7 and it has crashed several times with the appearance of the blue-screen. Attached please find a zip file containing the files found in the Minidump folder. Preceding each crash, the screen begins to flicker and sometimes even shows static (ironically, it is...

i have a samsung NP-R540-JT02ES laptop the hardrive failed so i put a new one in and installed Windows 7 ultimate then let windows update everything etc plus i downloaded some drivers from samsung for my model, when i boot without the power cord connected the brightness is always half until i...

Hi, I have a rather infuriating BSOD on wake from S3. I have a GA-EX58-UD5 motherboard with my system drive 2x500GB Seagests in RAID 0 connected via the ICH10R raid controller. I'm running Windows 7 SP1 64bit. I suspect that the HDDs are not restarting when coming out of S3. When I resume...

My Windows 7 desktop will not enter automatic or manual sleep. In both cases the computer does an "unsuccessful shutdown". I have to cycle power to reboot the computer. Restart and Shutdown work normally. I have enabled automatic sleep with both Power Options, powercfg, and BIOS. powercfg...

I have a new HP dv6 laptop. The operating system is windows 7, 64 bit. I've had it less than a week. The power option I have set on it (default) calls for the system to go into the sleep mode after 20 minutes(closing the lid). I don't even see any option available to select that would shut the...

I'm at my wits end. Any help is appreciated. Using the SF diagnostic tool, the only button that didn't pull any info was the minidump. I've changed the setting so it doesn't restart, and to a small size as well. Even after a restart, no info is pulled from the minidump button. Screenshots of...

I am using Windows 7 and would like to know how I can set the PC to lock when not in use after say 10 minutes

Hi, I am using below Configuration, OS : Windows 7 HOme Basic 64 Bit Laptop : Sony Vaio - VPCEB44EN I've reistalled OS , after that Win7 is not going to Hibernate mode .. Can you please help me on this !!

Fixes an issue in which a computer cannot enter sleep or hibernation when you do not share media files. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7. More...

Describes a problem in which the computer's display unexpectedly turns off after 15 minutes. Explains why you must reset the "Turn off the display" option to "Never." More...

Consider the following scenario: You have enabled "Allow wake timers" setting on current power policy in Power Options item in Control Panel. You set a Scheduled Task to wake the computer 1 month and 10 minutes later: For example, If the current time is... Link Removed

Win 7 SP 1 Home Premium, 64 bit, fails to obey power options "balanced" setting to sleep after 1 hour of idle. Monitor responds properly to any change made to the same setting. Motherboard Intel DH 55 PJ (AAE93812-302), Vid Adpt. Nvidia GForce 8400GS (driver v. 280.26), Monitor NEC67C2...

I use a Goflex 2Tb external drive for daily backup. Unlike it's eSATA predecessors it doesn't have a power switch and Win 7 doesn't cut USB power upon safe removal. There is no point in it being on all day, but to cut the power properly I have to unplug it from the back of the PC and that's a...

Hi Whenever my system is woken from I assume its sleep mode ( My power options are Sleep mode after 30mins and 'Turn off Display' after 10mins". I commonly find some programs will not work,they start to load up and then hang. A windows 7 prompt comes up and I then click 'Show problem details'...

I recently found windows 7 hibernate not working. I dont think it is caused by any software or driver. I assume all power option settings are correct. hibernate is active in shutown menu. when I hit hibernate the screen would turn off, then after 2 seconds it turn back on, back to windows...

Consider the following scenario: In Power Option control Panel->"Define power buttons and turn on password prection" window , you choose "shut down" in the Power button setting drop-down list. Restart the computer. While system is booting up, press the... Link Removed

Under Power Options in the control panel, the plan settings for My Custom Plan 1 are for the display to turn off and the computer to sleep after 2 hours sitting idle...it is not working. I tried bumping it to an hour for each and it still does not work. Any ideas? Thank you for any advice...

my computer's power options have been acting up. it started after i downloaded a windows update and the computer failed to restart. my computer is a laptop and it wont give me the option to choose what happens when i close the lid and nothing happens. also, i do not get a battery icon in the...

Microsoft has added a new feature called Hybrid Boot to current builds of the operating system which appears to be active by default. Hybrid Boot has been designed to reduce startup times after shutting down the computer. For that, the shut down has been turned into a hibernation like feature to...

Have been running Win 7 for over a year and never had a problem putting computer into Hibernate. Now suddenly it won't Hibernate. I'm running a dual boot system with Ubuntu 10.10 which incidentally does Hibernate just fine. Anyone have any ideas how I can fix this ? Regards, Bruce