Hi Rick, Just FYI, I myself and many many others use sleep mode all the time in Windows 7 and 8, without any particular problems.
If you are having problems when you do this, in my opinion it's very likely to be caused by a driver which doesn't support stopping and restarting its device properly (I once had such a driver with this problem; whenever I stopped the device with power saving options or with sleep, it never would restart). You can work around it by never going into sleep or hibernate modes, and turning off any power saving options, but I think you'd be better off trying to update all of your device drivers. This likely means going to each manufactuers site and doing some research. Or, if you spend a little money, I know there are programs you can purchase which tell you if any of your device drivers are out of date, and where to find the updated versions. As something of a middle ground, you could go into device manager and disable devices you are not using (a bluetooth card, a built-in video or sound card if you're using an external one, etc.). Since it's related to speech (I haven't seen all your emails on this subject, so bear with me), if your pc continues to function without speech, then I'd certainly look at the sound card and the video card as number one and two suspects. Especially if it recovers from sleep, and everything works except sound (and if a sighted person confirms the video is still displaying properly). If you are using an external synthesizer, sound card, or braille device, then perhaps it's a USB related driver. Good luck, Chip -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Thomas via Talk Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 6:56 AM To: 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' Subject: Rod: Sleep Mode Situation Hi Rod: First I have to figure out what to turn off and how: here is the first article i read on the related subject: It was for Windows 7 but gives a good overview of 3 states that may need to be addressed I guess: I think, I run a Desktop machine, I may have to turn off Hybrid sleep from the below and I am running windows 8.1 so will do some more homework - more time spent trying to keep WindowEyes working properly, sigh and I don't even get a six pack. Which did you turn off on your machine and was it a desktop or laptop? BeginShortArticle: What's the difference between sleep, hibernate, and hybrid sleep? Sleep is a power-saving state that allows a computer to quickly resume full-power operation (typically within several seconds) when you want to start working again. Putting your computer into the sleep state is like pausing a DVD player-the computer immediately stops what it's doing and is ready to start again when you want to resume working. Hibernation is a power-saving state designed primarily for laptops. While sleep puts your work and settings in memory and draws a small amount of power, hibernation puts your open documents and programs on your hard disk, and then turns off your computer. Of all the power-saving states in Windows, hibernation uses the least amount of power. On a laptop, use hibernation when you know that you won't use your laptop for an extended period and won't have an opportunity to charge the battery during that time. Hybrid sleep is designed primarily for desktop computers. Hybrid sleep is a combination of sleep and hibernate-it puts any open documents and programs in memory and on your hard disk, and then puts your computer into a low-power state so that you can quickly resume your work. That way, if a power failure occurs, Windows can restore your work from your hard disk. When hybrid sleep is turned on, putting your computer into sleep automatically puts your computer into hybrid sleep. EndShortArticle Rick USA _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/chip.orange%40 gmail.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
