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A couple days ago, my computer hung after going into an idle induced sleep. It would not wake up. I had to power off. This problem continues. Another symptom is it will not shutdown or hybernate. It starts back up again. Things I've already done: Uninstall Roxio Turn off Wakeup on Lan...

How do I change the SHUTDOWN button to a SLEEP button at the bottom of the Start Menu???

An alternative to the shutdown menu is clickable shortcuts. Right-click -> New -> Shortcut -> Location of the item: Shutdown Computer Shutdown.exe -s -t 00 Restart Computer Shutdown.exe -r -t 00 Lock Workstation Rundll32.exe User32.dll,LockWorkStation Hibernate Computer...

I have experienced several BSOD since working with Win 7 - many more than with years of using XP. My online reading suggested that Hibernate was to blame - I only had the problem after restarting from hibernate and had to ditch the recovery file to get the machine to restart. So I disabled...

Every night I go to shut down my computer. But as soon as it seems to be finished powering down, the system restarts immediately. I have tried disabling automatic restart, but it doesn't seem to be a BlueScreen error issue, as I am not getting any BlueScreens. Another possibly related issue...

Hey I am wondering I have auto-sleep function on my windows 7 computer and have noticed something. Windows 7 won`t sleep if Windows Live Messenger is running... So I`m wondering is there a way to configure windows 7 to not sleep if say google chrome is running. P.S. My keyboard went french so...

when i press the sleep button, windows went sleep, but, not like XP, any button or moving the mouse will wake him. i tried everything, no use, i need to restart the computer itself to return to my work .. why is this ? and how to fix it ? thank you

I want to use Skype on my netbook with the lid closed and need help with appropriate settings: 1) I set closing the lid when on battery to do nothing. (My netbook is in my briefcase and the lid must stay closed) 2) Do I need to set sleep settings? I'm fine with it going to sleep if Skype will...

My USB keyboard or mouse can not bring my computer back from sleep. I have seen this question posted before but with no definite answer. I played around with the power mangment bios settings no fix yet. Any ideas? Every time the desktop goes to sleep to get the mouse to work or keyboard i...

Toshiba A505, using Netgear wgr614 v6. Is there settings to correct this fault?

My Restart, Hibernate, Sleep & Shutdown buttons are not active... I experimented with another computer using Windows 7 and problem starts as soon as register the computer with a domain. The domain accounts have the above options but the LOCAL Machine accounts do not have them. Is there...

Hi I am new to Windows 7, have it on Asus EEEPC On Windows shutdown option I have Hibernation but no standby. Sleep is grayed On Power options I can set Hibernation options but I even on lid down options I do not see standby option.

I have a problem with my windows 7, the hibernate suddenly stops. When i put my laptop into hibernate it will sleep for 3 seconds then wakes up again.. even if i close the lid, the problem still persists. thanks

When I bring my Windows 7 Home Premium desktop out of sleep or hibernation, all the normal system sounds play in a distorted manner. If I reboot, then the sounds play normally. I have an on board 5.1 HD 6 channel audio codec and have removed the driver, then got Win 7 to find the latest driver...

I recently upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 (64 bit) on my Acer 4810T-8480. One problem I've been noticing frequently is that when I tell the computer to sleep or even just close the laptop lid, the screen will go black, but the power light will stay on, as opposed to blinking orange as it used...

hello once again iam having a new problem when i place my windows 7 / computer into s3 sleep mode and then later resume it the computer starts ok but the screen stays on standby and then i have to reboot when i reboot i get the message( boot disk failure insert system disk and press enter) what...

Hi guys, I've been having problems with Windows 7 Ultimate x64 since I installed it two weeks ago. At first it turned out great, but after entering an inactivity period (over 20 minutes) every application (including the CTRL + ALT + DEL Panel) that I try to run shows a different error...

Hi all - I've searched around for this issue but haven't quite found one which is the same. I'm running 64-Bit W7, and my computer seems to go to sleep/hibernate randomly, for no particular reason. Like, I could be in the middle of typing an e-mail (hence obviously the computer is...

When I resume my Windows 7 Pro x64 computer from sleep, it sometimes displays horizontal white lines and "uninstalls" the audio device until i reboot. The lines also appear during UAC prompts. What is wrong? I am running on an ATI Radeon X1200 display, AMD Turion 64 X2 processor and windows 7...

I love the fact that the time from sleep to wake (appearance of logon screen) has been shortened in the upgrade; but I am experiencing even more, residual lag once I have logged on than with Vista. In other words, I get a logon screen fast and logged in fast; but nothing I click on to execute...