Hello rtabell-ga
Thank-you for your question.
I believe the answer to your problem is the power settings Windows XP
has chosen for your PC. Windows XP can be set up to be more energy
efficient and to power down any hardware that is not being used (this
includes the PC itself!).
To alter the power settings please follow these instructions:
1) Press Start->Control Panel to open the Windows Control Panel.
2) Double-click on the Power Options icon. If this icon is not
visible you may have to switch your view to the "Classic" view on the
left hand pane of the Control Panel window.
3) Ensure that the Power Scemes tab is active. At the bottom of this
tab you should see two drop-down menus called System hibernates and
System standby. Alter these settings to what you require, I usually
have these set to never so that the computer never switches itself off
unless I wish it to.
4) Press Apply and OK and your PC power settings should now be reset
to what you want (rather than switching itself off when you do not
want it to!).
If you require any further assistance on this subject please ask for
clarification and I will do my best to respond swiftly.
Further information:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/pwrmn_managing_power.mspx
http://www.windowsxpmagazine.co.uk/wmc/control/power.htm |
Request for Answer Clarification by
rtabell-ga
on
23 Aug 2005 07:17 PDT
My hiberation settings are already set to NEVER, yet it still
hibernates. I want to hibernate once in a while, just not
automatically after startup.
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Clarification of Answer by
palitoy-ga
on
23 Aug 2005 07:29 PDT
By marking the settings as NEVER you will still be able to put the PC
into hibernation, it just means that you will have to initiate the
hibernation manually.
Have you checked the power settings in your computer's BIOS? There
may be a setting in there which will enable/disable the hibernation.
If you wish me to investigate this further I will need to know the
make of your computer and/or its motherboard.
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Clarification of Answer by
palitoy-ga
on
23 Aug 2005 07:39 PDT
The Microsoft knowledge base also has this to say on a problem similar to yours:
"SYMPTOMS
After your computer returns (or "wakes up") from hibernation, it may
enter hibernation again after five minutes of inactivity, regardless
of the settings you have configured in the Power Options tool in
Control Panel.
MORE INFORMATION
The computer's BIOS performs a full boot while it returns from
hibernation and clears any wakeup signals that might be active.
Therefore, Windows cannot determine why the computer woke up. Windows
then return to hibernation after five minutes of inactivity to avoid
situations such as, for example, a program waking up the computer and
then causing the battery to drain while the computer is not being
used."
Source:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318355
Do you *always* use the hibernate feature to turn your computer off?
If so the above problem will be the cause. Unfortunately this appears
to be a built in "feature" and there is no solution from Microsoft to
stop this from happening.
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Request for Answer Clarification by
rtabell-ga
on
23 Aug 2005 08:21 PDT
This is a non-answer answer. I asked for a solution to the problem.
Surely, the computer can be tricked into believing there is activity
during the first five minutes?
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Request for Answer Clarification by
rtabell-ga
on
23 Aug 2005 09:58 PDT
Yet another non-solution answer. I don't use a virus scanner, scan
after every boot takes too much time and I wouldn't know what to look
for in my bios.
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Clarification of Answer by
palitoy-ga
on
24 Aug 2005 00:24 PDT
I am sorry you are unhappy with Microsoft's solution to your problem
and do not want to try to solve the problem by changing settings in
your BIOS as testlab-ga and I suggested.
Please read the Google Answers FAQ to apply for your refund:
http://answers.google.com/answers/faq.html#refund
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Clarification of Answer by
palitoy-ga
on
24 Aug 2005 07:20 PDT
I am sorry my solution and Microsoft's solution did not solve the
problem in your eyes. I offered my help in trying to troubleshoot the
problem further but you declined this offer despite another researcher
also indicating that the solution may have lain there. You also
declined the offer of having your money refunded. There isn't much
else a researcher can do if you are not willing to work with them and
provide the details they require (such as the make of your PC or
motherboard).
Once again I am sorry you were unhappy with your answer and hopefully
you will continue to use Google Answers in the future.
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Request for Answer Clarification by
rtabell-ga
on
24 Aug 2005 08:16 PDT
You never asked for make of your PC or motherboard. Dual Opteron 248,
Tyan S2895. I would be happy to still get a workable answer.
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Clarification of Answer by
palitoy-ga
on
24 Aug 2005 08:45 PDT
I am sorry but I will have to correct you here; in my clarification on
23 Aug 2005 07:29 PDT I stated "Have you checked the power settings in
your computer's BIOS? There may be a setting in there which will
enable/disable the hibernation. If you wish me to investigate this
further I will need to know the make of your computer and/or its
motherboard".
Before you closed the question by rating my answer, testlab-ga and I
both indicated to you that the solution may have been hidden in your
computer BIOS but you declined our offers of help.
Once again, I am sorry that you did not fully read the help we were
trying to offer and that you did not like the answer that we gave to
you.
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