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Windows goes to sleep !
My HP Windows 7 Desktop goes to sleep due to system idle. I have set in my
power plan for it NEVER to go to sleep, yet after a few minutes when running backups it will go into sleep mode nevertheless! How can I keep the system awake? Orealius |
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Windows goes to sleep !
On 09/27/2017 11:27 AM, OREALLY wrote:
My HP Windows 7 Desktop goes to sleep due to system idle. I have set in my power plan for it NEVER to go to sleep, yet after a few minutes when running backups it will go into sleep mode nevertheless! How can I keep the system awake? Orealius Look in Power Management advanced settings |
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Windows goes to sleep !
It's set to NEVER!
"philo" wrote in message news On 09/27/2017 11:27 AM, OREALLY wrote: My HP Windows 7 Desktop goes to sleep due to system idle. I have set in my power plan for it NEVER to go to sleep, yet after a few minutes when running backups it will go into sleep mode nevertheless! How can I keep the system awake? Orealius Look in Power Management advanced settings |
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Windows goes to sleep !
OREALLY wrote:
My HP Windows 7 Desktop goes to sleep due to system idle. I have set in my power plan for it NEVER to go to sleep, yet after a few minutes when running backups it will go into sleep mode nevertheless! How can I keep the system awake? Orealius I don't have any canned answers for this one. 1) There is a tick box in some backup utilities, to shut down the computer when the backup is complete. Would that option cause the computer to sleep ? Probably not. 2) The computer can shut down on THERMTRIP if the computer CPU overheats. But that's a dirty shutdown and doesn't look like Sleep either. You would lose the current session, and see a clean desktop at next startup. That doesn't match your symptoms either. My problem is, I don't know of a way to get to "Sleep" state with one of these ideas. The "powercfg.exe" utility has an option for LastWake. It remembers what woke up the computer (if you're having problems with the computer springing back to life). But, I'm not aware of that utility doing anything for sleep problems. And I don't think the energy option would know the answer either. But that utility, is the closest thing on Windows, to a useful tool for these problems. Even if it doesn't cover every possibility. Paul |
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Windows goes to sleep !
On 9/27/2017 12:27 PM, OREALLY wrote:
My HP Windows 7 Desktop goes to sleep due to system idle. I have set in my power plan for it NEVER to go to sleep, yet after a few minutes when running backups it will go into sleep mode nevertheless! How can I keep the system awake? Orealius https://social.technet.microsoft.com...w7itprogeneral |
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Windows goes to sleep !
al wrote:
On 9/27/2017 12:27 PM, OREALLY wrote: My HP Windows 7 Desktop goes to sleep due to system idle. I have set in my power plan for it NEVER to go to sleep, yet after a few minutes when running backups it will go into sleep mode nevertheless! How can I keep the system awake? Orealius https://social.technet.microsoft.com...w7itprogeneral And I found there is an option in Powercfg powercfg /sleepstudy Even though the description is a bit terse. I selected Sleep from a system menu, and it listed the source of the sleep request as "Application API". On purpose, I used the Power Button on the front of the machine, and the report does put the "Power Button" as the reason for wakeup. That was to help me verify I was on the correct line in the report. https://s26.postimg.org/yiwyb4jzd/Sleep_Study.gif Paul |
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Windows goes to sleep !
Thanks for your reply!
"Paul" wrote in message news OREALLY wrote: My HP Windows 7 Desktop goes to sleep due to system idle. I have set in my power plan for it NEVER to go to sleep, yet after a few minutes when running backups it will go into sleep mode nevertheless! How can I keep the system awake? Orealius I don't have any canned answers for this one. 1) There is a tick box in some backup utilities, to shut down the computer when the backup is complete. Would that option cause the computer to sleep ? Probably not. 2) The computer can shut down on THERMTRIP if the computer CPU overheats. But that's a dirty shutdown and doesn't look like Sleep either. You would lose the current session, and see a clean desktop at next startup. That doesn't match your symptoms either. My problem is, I don't know of a way to get to "Sleep" state with one of these ideas. The "powercfg.exe" utility has an option for LastWake. It remembers what woke up the computer (if you're having problems with the computer springing back to life). But, I'm not aware of that utility doing anything for sleep problems. And I don't think the energy option would know the answer either. But that utility, is the closest thing on Windows, to a useful tool for these problems. Even if it doesn't cover every possibility. Paul |
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