power settings

Hello, I am using Windows 7 Home edition. I have found that the turn off monitor and sleep functions do not work. When I set these from edit plan settings and save changes it does not do anything. I have tried restarting my computer to see if this would work but to no avail. I have no...

I have a new Desktop with Windows 7. After I start the computer and leave it running for a while, (10 to 15min), it will automatically revert to the password screen. Also it won't go to screen saver. I have the screensaver set to not require password after waking. Also I have my power...

There are several threads about the network card going to sleep when a laptop is idle, but all of them I've seen just suggest the same things regarding various settings. I still have the same problem despite having set the following settings... In "Change Plan Settings"...

I have a puzzling problem, my new laptop allows a variety of power adjustment settings, however the only choice *sleep* for the lid closing, it is greyed out so I cannot select anything else, in the advanced settings no matter which configuration I choose for the rest, I am given just one...

When I open the Lid on this Toshiba L675-OOX Laptop, everything pops up out of sleep the way it should. When I run it on Battery power, I can lift the Lid but it will not come out of Sleep. If I move the mouse, it does. Can someone point out to me how to fix this so that when I lift the Lid...

I have a problem with hibernate/sleep in windows 7. when i set pc to hibernate or sleep, the power turn off, but it does not resume. I press any key on keyboard, power does not come back on, then i push power button, power on and display not windows unexpected shutdown screen, choose safe...

I have a serious and very annoying problem.Ever, since I got Windows 7, whenever watching a movie it freezes (once every 10 minutes, for 3-4 seconds). Also, last night, I found freezess when I listen to music and I'm not a computer, so I guess this is due to some safety mode or something because...

I get INTERNAL_POWER_ERROR blue screen Stop: 0x000000A0 error when hibernate windows 7. could not find a solution. I have followed the procedure in Link Removed I tried different numbers C:\Users\Administrator>powercfg /hibernate /size 100 The hiberfile size has been set to...

I just recently received a new dell xps 9100 loaded with an intel I7 six core 930 processor, 16 gigs of ram, 2x1tb hardrives, soundblaster x-fi soundcard, ati radeon 5870 1gb video card and a few other goodies. when im listening to my music while running other applications it starts to crackle...

When I open the lid of my laptop I see there is no network connection and computer starts to search it. It happens a lot but not always. I tried to see how long it takes for the connection to be disconnected after I close it, and sometimes it happens almost immediately - I close the lid, open...

I leave my computer on at home so I can remote desktop into it when I'm out at work or in the library. Recently after upgading to Windows 7 Pro, I'm seeing this problem. The remote desktop works when I'm out, but when I get home, my computer's unaccessible. Both my monitors (i run a dual...

Hey there, After upgrading to a larger hard drive, I have been unable to use the sleep function without getting a BSOD after waking it up. My laptop goes to sleep fine, but when resuming, it shows the log-on screen for a moment before showing a BSOD, error code 0x0.....F4 . I never had a this...

My computer keeps crashing when it attempts to wake up from sleeping. It never crashes when it is running normally and I am working on it. It has a wireless card for my inet, and any time I wake it up the bars down in the lower right show no signal and it has the round wheel spinning like it is...

Hi everyone, I have an HP dv3510nr laptop running windows 7. Last night the wifi was working fine but I wasn't paying attention and the battery died. After plugging in and resuming from hibernate the wifi adapter was turned off and the icon was red. Even after pressing the button and the icon...

Hi all, I am experiencing a very strange problem and I have no idea how to fix it. After my laptop has been on for about an hour or so (the amount of time varies), everything stops working, in the sense that I lose my wireless internet connection, I cant do anything with the task manager, I...

I've just upgraded the OS on a workstation, from Vista ult 64 to win 7 pro 64. It has all the latest updates installed. I also used the opportunity to install Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2011. The latest hotfix is installed. My problem is that windows 7 goes to sleep after the specified period...

I started having a problem less than a week ago. When my Laptop is in idol for a period of time i will come back to a black screen with white text reading, I can then just power off the laptop and then power it up and it boots fine. I called Dell and they updated the bios, and the propblem...

Hi again , hope all is well .. I am having some weird thing happening to my computer, I never saw anything like this before in windows xp , so that's why I attempt to ask it here. While using Windows 7 for some time now , I am recently seeing very weird things happening. I am just starting...

When I unplug a device (mouse, cord to speakers, keyboard) this wakes my computer from sleep mode. The instructions I have found to edit this setting all pertain to Vista or earlier models, none to Windows 7. How can I change this setting so Windows 7 no longer wakes when devices are unplugged...