John
December 6th 03, 03:00 PM
Usually it should reply if you hold a key for a few
seconds. If it does respond to your power button, it
actually does NOT restart, it wakes it up again. So I
think that if holding a key for a few seconds does not
work, you should just keep using your power button, which
will wake it up.
>-----Original Message-----
>If I go into standby, either based on idle time or by
selecting it from
>"turn off computer", then I can't wake it using mouse or
keyboard. If I
>press the power switch, then it comes on almost
instantly, but is this
>actually a reboot?
>
>The MS knowledge base offers a download to cure this, but
when I tried, I
>got a message that this was already included in my SP1.
>
>I've done a group search using google - it seems to be a
common problem.
>Most of the replies relate to "enabling wake up" on mouse
and keyboard
>settings, but I can't find where to set this using device
manager.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Jim
>
>
>
>.
>
seconds. If it does respond to your power button, it
actually does NOT restart, it wakes it up again. So I
think that if holding a key for a few seconds does not
work, you should just keep using your power button, which
will wake it up.
>-----Original Message-----
>If I go into standby, either based on idle time or by
selecting it from
>"turn off computer", then I can't wake it using mouse or
keyboard. If I
>press the power switch, then it comes on almost
instantly, but is this
>actually a reboot?
>
>The MS knowledge base offers a download to cure this, but
when I tried, I
>got a message that this was already included in my SP1.
>
>I've done a group search using google - it seems to be a
common problem.
>Most of the replies relate to "enabling wake up" on mouse
and keyboard
>settings, but I can't find where to set this using device
manager.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Jim
>
>
>
>.
>