Author Topic: Windows 7 doesn't want to go to sleep  (Read 1123 times)

Offline Frog

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Windows 7 doesn't want to go to sleep
« on: April 03, 2014, 11:38:32 AM »
Lke a little kid, my Windows 7 machine has started to not want to go to sleep sometimes.
The monitor shuts off at the set time, but lately, more often than not, no sleep.
I tweaked the settings from the default 30 minute to shorter times to see what is happening, and sometimes it works for a few times after that, but then back to its "I'll sleep when I'm dead" attitude.
I actually shut down the machine, and that sometimes seems to help for a while, but, still always, back to usually not going to sleep.
I understand that some usb devices can cause or at least exacerbate the problem, but nothing has changed with my mouse, keyboard, scanner and printer.

I run a solid state C drive, a regular HD for data("E") and and have a removable HD for Ghost backup.
I usually leave my machine on, and so, rely on sleep mode to save a little juice and wear and tear.
edit I gotta admit I'm re-thinking leaving it on with a 33 second boot time
« Last Edit: April 03, 2014, 12:23:33 PM by Frog »
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Offline Denis Kolar

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Re: Windows 7 doesn't want to go to sleep
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2014, 11:53:53 AM »
I think that happened to me too last night. I had to put it to sleep manually, but was was weird about it, instead to go to sleep, it logged out :o