power settings

So i installed W7 on my Toshiba Portege M700 a while back and i finally got around to installing all the drivers. Toshiba has a long list of W7 drivers for both x64 and x86 available for download on their website. I got bored of installing all those drivers and i just kinda reached an "eh, i'll...

I'm using the default Windows 7 power settings. Sometimes when I come out of Sleep Mode I get a full boot instead of simply "waking up." I am then met by a screen saying that Windows was shut down improperly. Has anyone else seen this? Anything I can do to stop it?

I'm loving windows 7. One big problem I have is I put computer to sleep usually after I'm done watching something on media center and put it to sleep. Then in the middle of the night, my computer randomly wakes up, waking me up! WTF. Can anyone help this issue? I really like the sleep...

Hello all! I have W7 7100 RC on my rig. It seems to have trouble going to sleep or hibernating. When I click on the 'sleep' button, it acts like its going to sleep, it does turn off completely, but then after about 5-10 seconds it comes right back on to the "log on" screen. When I click on...

On the 7100 build I was having issues where the network would just simply stop working. This same hardware worked perfectly with xp, vista, server 2K3 and 2K8. What happened was I would still be associated to the router but I'd get the little exclamation mark on the signal strength task bar...

Hello, I am having a problem with Windows 7 RC 64 bit. I can not leave my machine unattended without it going into hibernation. I am a skilled user and work in the IT industry. I have altered the power settings within the OS and even made sure the Bios is not enabled to suspend. I get...

I've tried this twice now (on the same machine) and each time Control Panel won't work; it doesn't open. If I change the start menu to show links to Control Panel applets only some of them work; User Accounts, Display, Power Settings, Windows Update and others just do nothing. This means I can't...

Yes. I've found another little problem. I have the power settings set to turn off the display after 30 minutes. Whenever I resume work, the screen stays black. Ctrl+Alt+Del ha a very slow response and goes to the blue selection screen. None of the selections work. Thus I have to reboot. I will...

Hey everyone, This problem is driving me insane, Windows media player 12 keeps locking my netbook up (or atleast making it slow my comp down majorly). I'm just wondering if there is a setting that can reduce the amount of power it uses.... when I look at my hdd access light it is always on...

I am running windows 7 32 bit on my macBook in bootcamp. when I boot into the windows partition after a few minutes the screen's backlight will turn off and I can't get it to come back on with out restarting the computer. As far as I can tell the back light turning off has nothing to do with...

I have W7 running on a desktop pc, connected to my network via a usb wireless adapter. The USB port(s) unexpectedly shut down after the pc sits idle for varying periods of time. Since mydigital tablet is connected via a usb adapter, I cannot get the PC started again without a reboot. I think...

Well its not a major issue but its just a pain in my a**. Anywho when I leave my computer on for a while and it goes into a sleep mode, and I come back to use it, I wiggle the mouse some and it starts back up. I hear the hard drive start to spin and the processor starting to work. My issue is...

rebuilt my pc about 4 months ago been running xp went ahead and installed windows u7 had its small problems but otherwise ok. Noticed recently it keeps going into sleep mofde where as it never did b4 and couldn't bring it out by just moving the mouse or hitting enter on the keyboard have to hit...

I have an issue with Windows7 which I can't seem to solve. Whenever I try to shutdown the computer (this is really shutdown, not sleep or hibernate), Windows7 performs the whole process of shutting down services, screen etc but the fans keep blowing. The pc becomes completely unresponsive (so...

..wondering if it's a bug or if the power settings for this laptop need tweaking to get the screensaver to work. I have it set at "high performance" because it's most often plugged in. Screensaver is set to come on at 21 minutes of no use. "Standby" and all that is set to "never."

I heard rumor the battery life in Win7 is supposed to be better than in Vista. Currently, I am experiencing worse battery life, like around 70% or so. I am running Beta 1 downloaded from the MSDN site and using the "Balanced" power setting. How has everyone elses experience been with...

I have yet another propblem with my new computer running Vista Home Premium. I noticed that I set up my screen saver to be a certain screen. I set the time for 5 minutes. I have never seen this come on yet. I have left the computer sitting there for hours and the screen never changes. I set the...

Hi there, I have an acer laptop (9800), and run windows 7 32 bit. for some reason I'm unable to set my power as high performance, is anything I'm not doing properly? Thank you.

Machine is set to sleep mode, goes to sleep at the set time of 30 minutes, case power light is off, fans off. At about 5 minutes re-start and then turn off right away, power light stays on, fans stays off. Inboard IR doesn't turn machine on by remote, can turn on and off before case power...