John John - MVP wrote:
William B. Lurie wrote:
William B. Lurie wrote:
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.
I took another small step, John. I like to try new things on my Clone
system before I take a chance with my Main Drive......so I printed
out KB310353 and followed its Method 2 on my clone system. It was very
easy, and I did it and immediately went away for 2-3/4 hours ......and
when I returned, the power light on my tower was blinking, the screen
was on, and was not even in Screen Saver mode, which to me means that
some Event occurred. It goes to Screen Saver at 10 minutes. I undid the
msconfig changes and returned here, to my Master Drive.
So I would judge that Clean Boot didn't show any difference. What's
your next advice?
Take a look in the Event Viewer and see if anything relevant is logged.
Check the log on the clone too.
John
The scene changes again, John. I just heard from Symantec, that Norton
AntiVirus does do Idle Time Scan. I had it set for "Quarterly" so it
should not have interfered. But with their help, I reset it to *never*
and maybe that will be the answer. I can live with no idle time scans.
So put my other testing on hold while I find out if hibernate now
works right.