William; I compared my services with yours since my system does not fail to
hibernate.
I'll post the differences. Do a Google search for 'viewpoint manager
services'. Looks suspicious.
I would also suspect Norton AntiVirus.
Differences (not on my system) a
LexBce Server
lxct device
Norton AntiVirus-------I would definately get rid of this.
Pervasive PSQL Workgroup Engine
Speed Disk Service------Part of Norton
Viewpoint Manager Service


"William B. Lurie" wrote in message
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John John - MVP wrote:

If I understand correctly, you have the machine set to hibernate after 2
hours of inactivity but it can't enter the hibernation state because
something keeps it awake...

This is what I would try:

Reboot the machine and don't do anything whatsoever after it boots, leave
it alone for the time set for hibernation and see if it does hibernate.

If it doesn't hibernate I would then try a clean boot and once again not
touch the machine for the set time and see if it does hibernate.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" state

John

John, I followed instructions. Touched NOTHING for 4 hours
(hibernate set at 2). Power-on light on tower was flashing
and it never went to hibernate. I'll read the Clean Boot instructions
again. Last time I thought it was quite an effort, but this is
this time. Maybe this evening.