sleep mode

Within the past month or so I've noticed that my Win7 SP1 desktop has stopped returning to sleep after the task scheduler runs any one of the 3 scheduled tasks for which "wake the computer..." is set as a condition. I put the system to sleep each night with "defrag", "restore" and "backup" set...

Hi All, My PC was running great but when I started it from overnight sleep, which woke at the normal speed, I as always did a manual update to Avast definitions. It did the download as quick as always, but then during the "saving package" it hung. I left it like that for some minutes, and then...

Hi there Can anyone help. Whenever I put the computer to sleep I get the blue screen of death. Thanks

On 05/06 after installing (thru Windows Update) the AMD SATA Contoller , the AMD - Other hardware - Storage Controller - AMD SATA Contoller & IE 10 for Windows 7 for x64 based systems, the problems BSOD began. As Critical Evens (2) I got : Windows Stopped working & Shutdown Unexpectedly...

Hey I am in need of help and am desperate for it. In the last day my Microsoft Surface Pro has BSOD 6 times after I power if up after being put to sleep. I can't seem to find what driver is causing this and was hoping your guys could help me out! If you need specs of a Surface Pro I will...

I have an HP Pavilion dv6-2157sb running Windows 7 Ultimate SP1, 64-bit OS. I bought it in the summer of 2010 for law school. The laptop has served me faithfully through law school. After almost three years, however, it began booting up with the time being incorrect. Commonly, the time stamp...

:confused: I am sorry if this was posted somewhere,but I am not in the mood,because of this problem on my laptop.This is like a crash and a bit of a bug,and it annoys me.The laptop I have is Satellite L755 and owned it for 10 months which is near a year.As of right now, my laptop's battery...

I have a very unique problem. My computer will be in sleep mode, and any little change in electrical current on the circuit will cause it to wake up (lamps, lights turning on or off, plugging things in, etc.) My question is, is there anything I can do to prevent the power supply from waking my...

My Acer M5811 will not wake up from sleep mode on intermittent basis. Running Windows 8 Pro 64 bit. Power settings are disabled for both the monitor and CPU. I have also disabled "allow computer to shut off applications to save power" to devices. I never had this issue until I installed...

I am running Windows 8 Pro, with two USB external drives attached. One drive is "dormant", and the other is used for file backups. I have noticed that when the computer exits from sleep mode, either one or both external USB drive folders will open on the desktop. I can only guess this signifies...

Hello there! I'm having a bit of an issue with my HP Pavilion dv6 lap top. The specs are AMD A8-3520M APU with Radeon HD Graphics 1.60 GHz. 6.00GB RAM. 64-bit OS. This started about 2 and a half weeks ago and i'm not entirely sure from what. I've updated graphic drivers and sound drivers but...

I was running Windows 7 for a long time with no problem. It would sleep and wake up just fine. One day, it would not go to sleep any more. I never got to fix it before upgrading to Windows 8. After upgrading, the system still would not go to sleep. I did some research and basically found...

Most times, I would say 7 or 8 out of 10, when I open my lid of my laptop I get the "black screen" asking me if I want to start in "normal mode". This happens in both sleep and hibernate modes. This is what shows once the laptop is running: C:\Windows\Minidump\030513-18002-01.dmp...

Hello Everyone and thanks in advance for your help! Blue screen when automatic updates installed last night. Now on reboot I get the following Notepad popping up (below). I also copied the blue screen crash info. Any input would be much appreciated. 1. The desktop.ini file does exist as...

I have encountered a very unusual error I run WIN 7 HP on my Dell Inspiration and I have been installing and testing some new software. That means I install then uninstall Now if I cold boot up, all works fine. However if I try to put the system in hibernate or sleep on power up it shows the...

Hello, BSOD or black screen when it left sleep mode. My investigations : -The system resumes from sleep mode perfectly if I remove the MSI GTX660 twin frozr 3 and use the integrated Intel HD2500. -memory pass the memtest86 (several passes) with XMP profile 1 settings -with the GTX660...

Hi all, This is my first post. Please excuse any failings therefore. Recently, over the last three days, I have been experiencing random BSOD's, atleast once a day. I have not added any new hardware or any new software that I am aware of apart from Windows Updates. I an running Driver...

Guys I am getting the BSOD at random times when i close the screen of my HP notebook DV7 before it goes to sleep mode and then the fans start to run very high I have to reboot in order to get back into window 7. Please see the attached crash dump file if anyone canplease help me with this...

I am getting a BSOD only when the PC is asleep. Attached is the zip file as requested. It is happening every night and today for the first time I saw it during the day (but only when the PC is in sleep mode). Thank you. Bernie

Hi, I have an issue with a white rectangular box appearing in the top left corner of my laptop screen. It covers the icons behind it and renders them 'unclickable'. Nothing happens if the box itself is clicked on. It does not stay on top of other windows, just the desktop. It...