System Standby Failed

[Tedy]

We have XP Pro installed on several users workstations
and "should" all be configured the same and have the same
updates applied. One user is getting the following
message: System Standby Failed... The device driver for
the "Communications Port (COM2) device is preventing the
machine from entering standby. Please close all
applications and try again. What do I check to get rid
of this message on his desktop? You can OK out of it,
but after a few minutes of idle time, it is back. Our
drivers are all the same and again he is the only one
getting the message.

Any ideas?

[Leon]

"Tedy" > wrote in message
...
> We have XP Pro installed on several users workstations
> and "should" all be configured the same and have the same
> updates applied. One user is getting the following
> message: System Standby Failed... The device driver for
> the "Communications Port (COM2) device is preventing the
> machine from entering standby. Please close all
> applications and try again. What do I check to get rid
> of this message on his desktop? You can OK out of it,
> but after a few minutes of idle time, it is back. Our
> drivers are all the same and again he is the only one
> getting the message.
>
> Any ideas?

This will get you started:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=device+is+preventing+the+machine+from+entering+s tandby&btnG=Google+Search

You can modify the search argument with info about your particular system
until you zero in on the problem.

Leon