sleep mode

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....any ideas how to fix this popping up? From Desktop - Notepad [.ShellClassInfo] LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787 Windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version...

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...

Hi all, From time to time when I put my computer to sleep I got crash - minidump. I'm uploading (3 minidumps) them here for those who want to help me. Checked computer with MallwareBytes soft - all clean. Still can't figure out which program colides with my system. I really would like to...

Just in the last month I have started getting frequent BSODs. I am NOT a gamer. I usually just surf internet to read news, etc. The only games I play are occasionally on FB. Today I got another BSOD while the computer was hibernating/sleeping. When I opened the top, BSOD. I am not an expert...

Hey guys, first post, this forum looks great! Anyways, so I installed Windows 8 Pro on my OCZ Vertex 4 the other day, and a few times when restarting the pc its just stood on the 'Restarting' screen for 5-10 minutes untill it finally would restart. Upon restart the large grey box saying...

Okay, small situation sketch. Ist I had a win 7 x64 which ran smooth for over a year (had x32 before that, and some linux variants)..Then I decided to upgrade my pc to win 8 (i had heard from fellow it'ers that the upgrade was much better than previous versions so i thought why not give it a...

Okay, small situation sketch. Ist I had a win 7 x64 which ran smooth for over a year (had x32 before that, and some linux variants)..Then I decided to upgrade my pc to win 8 (i had heard from fellow it'ers that the upgrade was much better than previous versions so i thought why not give it a...

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