RE: [H] Laptops not staying in standby or hibernate

2005-05-09 Thread Neil Davidson
Adaware reports only 17 object and they are all cookies. I really have no idea about this. My work laptop which does the same now, has a corporate anti virus (I forget if it is Symantec of MacAfee). so I'm sure it isn't a virus. any other ideas? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [H] Laptops not staying in standby or hibernate

2005-05-09 Thread Neil Davidson
Mine is an HP Pavilion, and the works one is a Toshiba something-or-other (pile of steaming cr*p). Can't think of any software installed on either that could do this. The Tosh has been fine until recently, that's what made me think it might be an XP update causing this, but then I guess

RE: [H] Laptops not staying in standby or hibernate

2005-05-09 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 02:52 PM 09/05/2005, Neil Davidson wrote: Adaware reports only 17 object and they are all cookies. I really have no idea about this. My work laptop which does the same now, has a corporate anti virus (I forget if it is Symantec of MacAfee). so I'm sure it isn't a virus. You run one AV and

Re: [H] Laptops not staying in standby or hibernate

2005-05-09 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
My HP will update the HP software that came installed (maybe that's another place to look). I typically don't do updates as I don't use that software much and I have not installed SP2 on it. Mine works...knock wood! Neil Davidson wrote: Mine is an HP Pavilion, and the works one is a

[H] Laptops not staying in standby or hibernate

2005-05-07 Thread Neil Davidson
Anyone come across XP laptops not staying in standby or hibernate modes? I have two here (personal and work) that just won't sleep. My work one definitely used to, but now when you close the lid it goes to standby, but just wakes up again within a few seconds. The same happens if you manually

Re: [H] Laptops not staying in standby or hibernate

2005-05-07 Thread Gary VanderMolen
Go into the BIOS setup and make sure that options like Wake on LAN are not enabled. Gary VanderMolen - Original Message - Anyone come across XP laptops not staying in standby or hibernate modes? I have two here (personal and work) that just won't sleep. My work one definitely used to, but

RE: [H] Laptops not staying in standby or hibernate

2005-05-07 Thread Neil Davidson
WOL isn't on, and neither laptop is connected to a wires LAN. Nothing has changed to the configuration that I know of. It's really starting to annoy me :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary VanderMolen Sent: 07 May 2005 23:58 To: The

Re: [H] Laptops not staying in standby or hibernate

2005-05-07 Thread FORC5
what is it set to do in power management when the led is shut ? :-} At 03:17 PM 5/7/2005, Neil Davidson Poked the stick with: Anyone come across XP laptops not staying in standby or hibernate modes? I have two here (personal and work) that just won't sleep. My work one definitely used to, but