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Power options: can I wake from Standby with the keyboard?
It seems that now my only option to wake the computer from Standby is to
push the power button on it. It would be nice if I didn't have to do that and could wake it from the keyboard or mouse somehow. Does anyone know if that's possible? |
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Power options: can I wake from Standby with the keyboard?
"Inter Hagel" wrote in message ... It seems that now my only option to wake the computer from Standby is to push the power button on it. It would be nice if I didn't have to do that and could wake it from the keyboard or mouse somehow. Does anyone know if that's possible? Since you are posting in an XP group, I will assume you are running Windows XP of some flavor. Open Device Manager. Look under Keyboards, whatever your keyboard is (mine is "Standard 101/102-key or MS Natural Keyboard"), and on the Power Management tab, put a mark in "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby." Do the same thing with your mouse settings. This doesn't work with my wireless mouse, and didn't work with one of my USB keyboards, but works fine with my MS USB keyboard and my original PS2 one. SC Tom |
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Power options: can I wake from Standby with the keyboard?
Works just fine with wireless mouse and USB keyboard.
"SC Tom" wrote in message ... "Inter Hagel" wrote in message ... It seems that now my only option to wake the computer from Standby is to push the power button on it. It would be nice if I didn't have to do that and could wake it from the keyboard or mouse somehow. Does anyone know if that's possible? Since you are posting in an XP group, I will assume you are running Windows XP of some flavor. Open Device Manager. Look under Keyboards, whatever your keyboard is (mine is "Standard 101/102-key or MS Natural Keyboard"), and on the Power Management tab, put a mark in "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby." Do the same thing with your mouse settings. This doesn't work with my wireless mouse, and didn't work with one of my USB keyboards, but works fine with my MS USB keyboard and my original PS2 one. SC Tom |
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Power options: can I wake from Standby with the keyboard?
Yours may, but as I said, mine didn't.
"Unknown" wrote in message ... Works just fine with wireless mouse and USB keyboard. "SC Tom" wrote in message ... "Inter Hagel" wrote in message ... It seems that now my only option to wake the computer from Standby is to push the power button on it. It would be nice if I didn't have to do that and could wake it from the keyboard or mouse somehow. Does anyone know if that's possible? Since you are posting in an XP group, I will assume you are running Windows XP of some flavor. Open Device Manager. Look under Keyboards, whatever your keyboard is (mine is "Standard 101/102-key or MS Natural Keyboard"), and on the Power Management tab, put a mark in "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby." Do the same thing with your mouse settings. This doesn't work with my wireless mouse, and didn't work with one of my USB keyboards, but works fine with my MS USB keyboard and my original PS2 one. SC Tom |
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Power options: can I wake from Standby with the keyboard?
"Inter Hagel" wrote: It seems that now my only option to wake the computer from Standby is to push the power button on it. It would be nice if I didn't have to do that and could wake it from the keyboard or mouse somehow. Does anyone know if that's possible? . Are you sure you're in Standby and not Hibernation? Because if you are Hibernating moving the mouse or striking a key will not wake the computer. |
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Power options: can I wake from Standby with the keyboard?
It seems that now my only option to wake the computer from Standby is to
push the power button on it. It would be nice if I didn't have to do that and could wake it from the keyboard or mouse somehow. Does anyone know if that's possible? Since you are posting in an XP group, I will assume you are running Windows XP of some flavor. Open Device Manager. Look under Keyboards, whatever your keyboard is (mine is "Standard 101/102-key or MS Natural Keyboard"), and on the Power Management tab, put a mark in "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby." Do the same thing with your mouse settings. This doesn't work with my wireless mouse, and didn't work with one of my USB keyboards, but works fine with my MS USB keyboard and my original PS2 one. Should be fine. Thanks a bunch. |
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Power options: can I wake from Standby with the keyboard?
It seems that now my only option to wake the computer from Standby is to
push the power button on it. It would be nice if I didn't have to do that and could wake it from the keyboard or mouse somehow. Does anyone know if that's possible? . Are you sure you're in Standby and not Hibernation? Because if you are Hibernating moving the mouse or striking a key will not wake the computer. I'm in Standby. Hibernation didn't work for me. Took too long. Standby is great. I wonder - are there differences in the Standby to On time for different motherboards? What controls this? If it popped on in a flash, many more people would use Standby - and save significant amounts of electricity. |
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Power options: can I wake from Standby with the keyboard?
"Inter Hagel" wrote in message ... It seems that now my only option to wake the computer from Standby is to push the power button on it. It would be nice if I didn't have to do that and could wake it from the keyboard or mouse somehow. Does anyone know if that's possible? Since you are posting in an XP group, I will assume you are running Windows XP of some flavor. Open Device Manager. Look under Keyboards, whatever your keyboard is (mine is "Standard 101/102-key or MS Natural Keyboard"), and on the Power Management tab, put a mark in "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby." Do the same thing with your mouse settings. This doesn't work with my wireless mouse, and didn't work with one of my USB keyboards, but works fine with my MS USB keyboard and my original PS2 one. Should be fine. Thanks a bunch. You're welcome. |
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Power options: can I wake from Standby with the keyboard?
On Nov 14, 9:42*pm, "Inter Hagel" wrote:
It seems that now my only option to wake the computer from Standby is to push the power button on it. *It would be nice if I didn't have to do that and could wake it from the keyboard or mouse somehow. Does anyone know if that's possible? . Are you sure you're in Standby and not Hibernation? Because if you are Hibernating moving the mouse or striking a key will not wake the computer. I'm in Standby. *Hibernation didn't work for me. *Took too long. *Standby is great. I wonder - are there differences in the Standby to On time for different motherboards? *What controls this? *If it popped on in a flash, many more people would use Standby - and save significant amounts of electricity. Stand By uses more power than Hibernation and introduces more risk to your data in the event of a power failure. |
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Power options: can I wake from Standby with the keyboard?
It seems that now my only option to wake the computer from Standby is
to push the power button on it. It would be nice if I didn't have to do that and could wake it from the keyboard or mouse somehow. Does anyone know if that's possible? . Are you sure you're in Standby and not Hibernation? Because if you are Hibernating moving the mouse or striking a key will not wake the computer. I'm in Standby. Hibernation didn't work for me. Took too long. Standby is great. I wonder - are there differences in the Standby to On time for different motherboards? What controls this? If it popped on in a flash, many more people would use Standby - and save significant amounts of electricity. Stand By uses more power than Hibernation and introduces more risk to your data in the event of a power failure. Well I noticed that when I use the keyboard power options the fans don't stop running. When I don't use them the fans turn off in Standby. Is there a way of using Hibernation and having it wake up faster? What parameters in the computer aid the startup time I wonder? And how long is a typical startup time from Hibernation? |
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Power options: can I wake from Standby with the keyboard?
"Inter Hagel" wrote in message ... It seems that now my only option to wake the computer from Standby is to push the power button on it. It would be nice if I didn't have to do that and could wake it from the keyboard or mouse somehow. Does anyone know if that's possible? . Are you sure you're in Standby and not Hibernation? Because if you are Hibernating moving the mouse or striking a key will not wake the computer. I'm in Standby. Hibernation didn't work for me. Took too long. Standby is great. I wonder - are there differences in the Standby to On time for different motherboards? What controls this? If it popped on in a flash, many more people would use Standby - and save significant amounts of electricity. Stand By uses more power than Hibernation and introduces more risk to your data in the event of a power failure. Well I noticed that when I use the keyboard power options the fans don't stop running. When I don't use them the fans turn off in Standby. Is there a way of using Hibernation and having it wake up faster? What parameters in the computer aid the startup time I wonder? And how long is a typical startup time from Hibernation? "Typical" times depend on a lot on the hardware installed and what level it is. My 4 year old XP Home SP3 PC goes from hibernation to usable in less than 45 seconds, and only takes about 30 seconds to go into hibernation. Like Jose said, if you are in standby and the power goes off, you'll lose anything you hadn't saved before going into standby (unless you're plugged into a UPS). With hibernation, you can unplug it from the wall if you wanted to and it will still start in the same state it was when you shut it down. Standby may be quicker by a few seconds, but hibernation is safer. SC Tom |
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Power options: can I wake from Standby with the keyboard?
The difference in the amount of power saved is insignificant.
As long as you save your work (which you should be doing often anyway) the risk of Standby is insignificant as well. "Jose" wrote in message ... On Nov 14, 9:42 pm, "Inter Hagel" wrote: It seems that now my only option to wake the computer from Standby is to push the power button on it. It would be nice if I didn't have to do that and could wake it from the keyboard or mouse somehow. Does anyone know if that's possible? . Are you sure you're in Standby and not Hibernation? Because if you are Hibernating moving the mouse or striking a key will not wake the computer. I'm in Standby. Hibernation didn't work for me. Took too long. Standby is great. I wonder - are there differences in the Standby to On time for different motherboards? What controls this? If it popped on in a flash, many more people would use Standby - and save significant amounts of electricity. Stand By uses more power than Hibernation and introduces more risk to your data in the event of a power failure. |
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Power options: can I wake from Standby with the keyboard?
The harddrive speed and the amount of system memory you are retrieving
from it. System dependent. Inter Hagel wrote: When I don't use them the fans turn off in Standby. Is there a way of using Hibernation and having it wake up faster? What parameters in the computer aid the startup time I wonder? And how long is a typical startup time from Hibernation? |
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