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Notification Area & Time and Date problem
I'm still in the learning phase as a Windows 8 user, having recenlty
bought this new HP Presario with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'm getting along pretty well but there is one problem that still has me mystified. When I leave this computer unattended for a while it will go into Sleep mode, then when I try to bring it back awake I usually have to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys and follow up with a Restart process. The Notification Area and the Time and Date area at the lower right of the screen are gone. I notice this as soon as I move the mouse or click a key and try to bring the computer out of sleep mode. Nothing else can be done that I've discoverd, other than to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del process to do a Restart. It will restart and the first screen indicates that it is coming out of Sleep mode. Then the Lock screen appears and everything goes normally from there on until the next time I let this computer go into Sleep mode. What can I do to avoid losing the Notification Area and the Time and Date icons when this comptuer goes into Sleep mode, or how can I recover them without doing a Restart? Gordon |
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On 11/23/2012 10:08 AM, Gordon wrote:
I'm still in the learning phase as a Windows 8 user, having recenlty bought this new HP Presario with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'm getting along pretty well but there is one problem that still has me mystified. When I leave this computer unattended for a while it will go into Sleep mode, then when I try to bring it back awake I usually have to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys and follow up with a Restart process. The Notification Area and the Time and Date area at the lower right of the screen are gone. I notice this as soon as I move the mouse or click a key and try to bring the computer out of sleep mode. Nothing else can be done that I've discoverd, other than to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del process to do a Restart. It will restart and the first screen indicates that it is coming out of Sleep mode. Then the Lock screen appears and everything goes normally from there on until the next time I let this computer go into Sleep mode. What can I do to avoid losing the Notification Area and the Time and Date icons when this comptuer goes into Sleep mode, or how can I recover them without doing a Restart? Gordon Control Panel Power Options Change plan settings Notice the underlined _Change settings that are currently unavailable_. As you might have to click this if you can't change a setting. Expand Sleep Expand the rest under sleep And adjust as necessary. And that should do it. If you use other power plans too, you might have to adjust each plan individually. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12 Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 8 |
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On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:58:21 -0600, BillW50 wrote:
On 11/23/2012 10:08 AM, Gordon wrote: I'm still in the learning phase as a Windows 8 user, having recenlty bought this new HP Presario with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'm getting along pretty well but there is one problem that still has me mystified. When I leave this computer unattended for a while it will go into Sleep mode, then when I try to bring it back awake I usually have to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys and follow up with a Restart process. The Notification Area and the Time and Date area at the lower right of the screen are gone. I notice this as soon as I move the mouse or click a key and try to bring the computer out of sleep mode. Nothing else can be done that I've discoverd, other than to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del process to do a Restart. It will restart and the first screen indicates that it is coming out of Sleep mode. Then the Lock screen appears and everything goes normally from there on until the next time I let this computer go into Sleep mode. What can I do to avoid losing the Notification Area and the Time and Date icons when this comptuer goes into Sleep mode, or how can I recover them without doing a Restart? Gordon Control Panel Power Options Change plan settings Notice the underlined _Change settings that are currently unavailable_. As you might have to click this if you can't change a setting. Expand Sleep Expand the rest under sleep And adjust as necessary. And that should do it. If you use other power plans too, you might have to adjust each plan individually. Bill, I've tinkered around with this in every way I can come up with but the problem hasn't been resolved. Any other suggestions. Gordon |
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Gordon wrote in
: On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:58:21 -0600, BillW50 wrote: On 11/23/2012 10:08 AM, Gordon wrote: I'm still in the learning phase as a Windows 8 user, having recenlty bought this new HP Presario with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'm getting along pretty well but there is one problem that still has me mystified. When I leave this computer unattended for a while it will go into Sleep mode, then when I try to bring it back awake I usually have to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys and follow up with a Restart process. The Notification Area and the Time and Date area at the lower right of the screen are gone. I notice this as soon as I move the mouse or click a key and try to bring the computer out of sleep mode. Nothing else can be done that I've discoverd, other than to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del process to do a Restart. It will restart and the first screen indicates that it is coming out of Sleep mode. Then the Lock screen appears and everything goes normally from there on until the next time I let this computer go into Sleep mode. What can I do to avoid losing the Notification Area and the Time and Date icons when this comptuer goes into Sleep mode, or how can I recover them without doing a Restart? Gordon Control Panel Power Options Change plan settings Notice the underlined _Change settings that are currently unavailable_. As you might have to click this if you can't change a setting. Expand Sleep Expand the rest under sleep And adjust as necessary. And that should do it. If you use other power plans too, you might have to adjust each plan individually. Bill, I've tinkered around with this in every way I can come up with but the problem hasn't been resolved. Any other suggestions. Gordon Did you recently add a wireless mouse? I added a Microsoft 3500 nano mouse to my in-law's Dell laptop last week, and the same thing happened. Originally, I didn't install the mouse drivers, and just let Windows add the device. After I went to the Microsoft site and added the specific drivers for the 3500, all was well. Just a thought. |
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"Gordon" wrote in message ... I'm still in the learning phase as a Windows 8 user, having recenlty bought this new HP Presario with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'm getting along pretty well but there is one problem that still has me mystified. When I leave this computer unattended for a while it will go into Sleep mode, then when I try to bring it back awake I usually have to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys and follow up with a Restart process. The Notification Area and the Time and Date area at the lower right of the screen are gone. I notice this as soon as I move the mouse or click a key and try to bring the computer out of sleep mode. Nothing else can be done that I've discoverd, other than to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del process to do a Restart. It will restart and the first screen indicates that it is coming out of Sleep mode. Then the Lock screen appears and everything goes normally from there on until the next time I let this computer go into Sleep mode. What can I do to avoid losing the Notification Area and the Time and Date icons when this comptuer goes into Sleep mode, or how can I recover them without doing a Restart? Gordon When my laptop goes to sleep the screen goes all black. I don't have any icons in the notification area or anywhere because the screen is totally blank. |
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On 11/24/2012 10:56 AM, Gordon wrote:
On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:58:21 -0600, wrote: On 11/23/2012 10:08 AM, Gordon wrote: I'm still in the learning phase as a Windows 8 user, having recenlty bought this new HP Presario with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'm getting along pretty well but there is one problem that still has me mystified. When I leave this computer unattended for a while it will go into Sleep mode, then when I try to bring it back awake I usually have to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys and follow up with a Restart process. The Notification Area and the Time and Date area at the lower right of the screen are gone. I notice this as soon as I move the mouse or click a key and try to bring the computer out of sleep mode. Nothing else can be done that I've discoverd, other than to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del process to do a Restart. It will restart and the first screen indicates that it is coming out of Sleep mode. Then the Lock screen appears and everything goes normally from there on until the next time I let this computer go into Sleep mode. What can I do to avoid losing the Notification Area and the Time and Date icons when this comptuer goes into Sleep mode, or how can I recover them without doing a Restart? Gordon Control Panel Power Options Change plan settings Notice the underlined _Change settings that are currently unavailable_. As you might have to click this if you can't change a setting. Expand Sleep Expand the rest under sleep And adjust as necessary. And that should do it. If you use other power plans too, you might have to adjust each plan individually. Bill, I've tinkered around with this in every way I can come up with but the problem hasn't been resolved. Any other suggestions. Gordon Well eight of my Gateway computers here will go to sleep if I turn them on and don't touch a key, mouse, touchpad, etc. after X amount of minutes. I don't know if your HP is like that. Although if you actually use it, then mine won't until you turn it back on again. But this happens after you have been using it right? Say is this a laptop, desktop, or what? -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12 Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 8 |
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On 11/24/2012 12:01 PM, Dave-UK wrote:
"Gordon" wrote in message ... I'm still in the learning phase as a Windows 8 user, having recenlty bought this new HP Presario with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'm getting along pretty well but there is one problem that still has me mystified. When I leave this computer unattended for a while it will go into Sleep mode, then when I try to bring it back awake I usually have to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys and follow up with a Restart process. The Notification Area and the Time and Date area at the lower right of the screen are gone. I notice this as soon as I move the mouse or click a key and try to bring the computer out of sleep mode. Nothing else can be done that I've discoverd, other than to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del process to do a Restart. It will restart and the first screen indicates that it is coming out of Sleep mode. Then the Lock screen appears and everything goes normally from there on until the next time I let this computer go into Sleep mode. What can I do to avoid losing the Notification Area and the Time and Date icons when this comptuer goes into Sleep mode, or how can I recover them without doing a Restart? Gordon When my laptop goes to sleep the screen goes all black. I don't have any icons in the notification area or anywhere because the screen is totally blank. Gordon is talking about something is putting his machine to sleep. And he wakes it up by ALT-CTRL-DEL, etc. And then the notification area is missing. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12 Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 8 |
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On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:01:34 -0000, "Dave-UK" wrote:
"Gordon" wrote in message ... I'm still in the learning phase as a Windows 8 user, having recenlty bought this new HP Presario with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'm getting along pretty well but there is one problem that still has me mystified. When I leave this computer unattended for a while it will go into Sleep mode, then when I try to bring it back awake I usually have to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys and follow up with a Restart process. The Notification Area and the Time and Date area at the lower right of the screen are gone. I notice this as soon as I move the mouse or click a key and try to bring the computer out of sleep mode. Nothing else can be done that I've discoverd, other than to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del process to do a Restart. It will restart and the first screen indicates that it is coming out of Sleep mode. Then the Lock screen appears and everything goes normally from there on until the next time I let this computer go into Sleep mode. What can I do to avoid losing the Notification Area and the Time and Date icons when this comptuer goes into Sleep mode, or how can I recover them without doing a Restart? Gordon When my laptop goes to sleep the screen goes all black. I don't have any icons in the notification area or anywhere because the screen is totally blank. THis is very much like my desktop HP Pavilion has been doing. The screen is black but I can see the mouse white arrow head moving around when I move the mouse. The task bar at the bottom of the blackened out screen looks normal but the Notification Area and the Time and Date box arent there until I punch the computer's off switch then punch it a second time to bring it back alive. Then the missing Notification Area and the Time and Date box are there, functioning normally until the next time I let the computer go into sleep mode. Gordon |
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On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 12:13:00 -0600, BillW50 wrote:
On 11/24/2012 10:56 AM, Gordon wrote: On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:58:21 -0600, wrote: On 11/23/2012 10:08 AM, Gordon wrote: I'm still in the learning phase as a Windows 8 user, having recenlty bought this new HP Presario with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'm getting along pretty well but there is one problem that still has me mystified. When I leave this computer unattended for a while it will go into Sleep mode, then when I try to bring it back awake I usually have to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys and follow up with a Restart process. The Notification Area and the Time and Date area at the lower right of the screen are gone. I notice this as soon as I move the mouse or click a key and try to bring the computer out of sleep mode. Nothing else can be done that I've discoverd, other than to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del process to do a Restart. It will restart and the first screen indicates that it is coming out of Sleep mode. Then the Lock screen appears and everything goes normally from there on until the next time I let this computer go into Sleep mode. What can I do to avoid losing the Notification Area and the Time and Date icons when this comptuer goes into Sleep mode, or how can I recover them without doing a Restart? Gordon Control Panel Power Options Change plan settings Notice the underlined _Change settings that are currently unavailable_. As you might have to click this if you can't change a setting. Expand Sleep Expand the rest under sleep And adjust as necessary. And that should do it. If you use other power plans too, you might have to adjust each plan individually. Bill, I've tinkered around with this in every way I can come up with but the problem hasn't been resolved. Any other suggestions. Gordon Well eight of my Gateway computers here will go to sleep if I turn them on and don't touch a key, mouse, touchpad, etc. after X amount of minutes. I don't know if your HP is like that. Although if you actually use it, then mine won't until you turn it back on again. But this happens after you have been using it right? Say is this a laptop, desktop, or what? Yes, I'm talking about leaving the computer unattended for a half hour or so while I'm doing something else. I have the go to sleep time set for 30 minutes. I never have this problem whild I'm using this computer and keeping it from going into sleep mode. This is a desktop HP Presario with a Microsoft Ergonomic keyboard and a wireless Logitec trackball mouse. I couldn't get adapted to the conventional wired mouse that came with this computer so I bought a Logitec Trackball Wireless Mouse and let Windows do an automatic install for it. Could this be the source of the problem? |
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On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:24:12 +0000 (UTC), Boris
wrote: Gordon wrote in : On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:58:21 -0600, BillW50 wrote: On 11/23/2012 10:08 AM, Gordon wrote: I'm still in the learning phase as a Windows 8 user, having recenlty bought this new HP Presario with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'm getting along pretty well but there is one problem that still has me mystified. When I leave this computer unattended for a while it will go into Sleep mode, then when I try to bring it back awake I usually have to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys and follow up with a Restart process. The Notification Area and the Time and Date area at the lower right of the screen are gone. I notice this as soon as I move the mouse or click a key and try to bring the computer out of sleep mode. Nothing else can be done that I've discoverd, other than to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del process to do a Restart. It will restart and the first screen indicates that it is coming out of Sleep mode. Then the Lock screen appears and everything goes normally from there on until the next time I let this computer go into Sleep mode. What can I do to avoid losing the Notification Area and the Time and Date icons when this comptuer goes into Sleep mode, or how can I recover them without doing a Restart? Gordon Control Panel Power Options Change plan settings Notice the underlined _Change settings that are currently unavailable_. As you might have to click this if you can't change a setting. Expand Sleep Expand the rest under sleep And adjust as necessary. And that should do it. If you use other power plans too, you might have to adjust each plan individually. Bill, I've tinkered around with this in every way I can come up with but the problem hasn't been resolved. Any other suggestions. Gordon Did you recently add a wireless mouse? I added a Microsoft 3500 nano mouse to my in-law's Dell laptop last week, and the same thing happened. Originally, I didn't install the mouse drivers, and just let Windows add the device. After I went to the Microsoft site and added the specific drivers for the 3500, all was well. Just a thought. Yes, as a matter of fact, I added the Logitec Wireless Trackball Mouse. This new computer came with a conventional mouse but I like the trackball and couldn't get used to the mouse that has to be moved around. My desk space is very limited and there really isn't enough room to use one like that. Gordon |
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wrote in message ... On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:01:34 -0000, "Dave-UK" wrote: "Gordon" wrote in message ... I'm still in the learning phase as a Windows 8 user, having recenlty bought this new HP Presario with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'm getting along pretty well but there is one problem that still has me mystified. When I leave this computer unattended for a while it will go into Sleep mode, then when I try to bring it back awake I usually have to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys and follow up with a Restart process. The Notification Area and the Time and Date area at the lower right of the screen are gone. I notice this as soon as I move the mouse or click a key and try to bring the computer out of sleep mode. Nothing else can be done that I've discoverd, other than to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del process to do a Restart. It will restart and the first screen indicates that it is coming out of Sleep mode. Then the Lock screen appears and everything goes normally from there on until the next time I let this computer go into Sleep mode. What can I do to avoid losing the Notification Area and the Time and Date icons when this comptuer goes into Sleep mode, or how can I recover them without doing a Restart? Gordon When my laptop goes to sleep the screen goes all black. I don't have any icons in the notification area or anywhere because the screen is totally blank. THis is very much like my desktop HP Pavilion has been doing. The screen is black but I can see the mouse white arrow head moving around when I move the mouse. The task bar at the bottom of the blackened out screen looks normal If you can see the mouse pointer or taskbar on the screen then your computer (Pavilion, Presario or whatever it is) is not sleeping. |
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On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 19:30:02 -0000, "Dave-UK" wrote:
wrote in message ... On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:01:34 -0000, "Dave-UK" wrote: "Gordon" wrote in message ... I'm still in the learning phase as a Windows 8 user, having recenlty bought this new HP Presario with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'm getting along pretty well but there is one problem that still has me mystified. When I leave this computer unattended for a while it will go into Sleep mode, then when I try to bring it back awake I usually have to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys and follow up with a Restart process. The Notification Area and the Time and Date area at the lower right of the screen are gone. I notice this as soon as I move the mouse or click a key and try to bring the computer out of sleep mode. Nothing else can be done that I've discoverd, other than to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del process to do a Restart. It will restart and the first screen indicates that it is coming out of Sleep mode. Then the Lock screen appears and everything goes normally from there on until the next time I let this computer go into Sleep mode. What can I do to avoid losing the Notification Area and the Time and Date icons when this comptuer goes into Sleep mode, or how can I recover them without doing a Restart? Gordon When my laptop goes to sleep the screen goes all black. I don't have any icons in the notification area or anywhere because the screen is totally blank. THis is very much like my desktop HP Pavilion has been doing. The screen is black but I can see the mouse white arrow head moving around when I move the mouse. The task bar at the bottom of the blackened out screen looks normal If you can see the mouse pointer or taskbar on the screen then your computer (Pavilion, Presario or whatever it is) is not sleeping. In Win 7, sleep and hibernate both turn the screen off, as you say. This darkening of the screen except for the task bar sounds a bit like the darkening in Win 7 when User Account Control is set to its maximum. Could Win 8 have a similar darkening for some reason? -- Robin Bignall Herts, England |
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"Robin Bignall" wrote in message ... On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 19:30:02 -0000, "Dave-UK" wrote: wrote in message ... On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:01:34 -0000, "Dave-UK" wrote: "Gordon" wrote in message ... I'm still in the learning phase as a Windows 8 user, having recenlty bought this new HP Presario with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'm getting along pretty well but there is one problem that still has me mystified. When I leave this computer unattended for a while it will go into Sleep mode, then when I try to bring it back awake I usually have to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys and follow up with a Restart process. The Notification Area and the Time and Date area at the lower right of the screen are gone. I notice this as soon as I move the mouse or click a key and try to bring the computer out of sleep mode. Nothing else can be done that I've discoverd, other than to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del process to do a Restart. It will restart and the first screen indicates that it is coming out of Sleep mode. Then the Lock screen appears and everything goes normally from there on until the next time I let this computer go into Sleep mode. What can I do to avoid losing the Notification Area and the Time and Date icons when this comptuer goes into Sleep mode, or how can I recover them without doing a Restart? Gordon When my laptop goes to sleep the screen goes all black. I don't have any icons in the notification area or anywhere because the screen is totally blank. THis is very much like my desktop HP Pavilion has been doing. The screen is black but I can see the mouse white arrow head moving around when I move the mouse. The task bar at the bottom of the blackened out screen looks normal If you can see the mouse pointer or taskbar on the screen then your computer (Pavilion, Presario or whatever it is) is not sleeping. In Win 7, sleep and hibernate both turn the screen off, as you say. This darkening of the screen except for the task bar sounds a bit like the darkening in Win 7 when User Account Control is set to its maximum. Could Win 8 have a similar darkening for some reason? I don't notice any darkening anywhere. |
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On 11/24/2012 3:03 PM, Dave-UK wrote:
"Robin Bignall" wrote in message ... On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 19:30:02 -0000, "Dave-UK" wrote: wrote in message ... On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:01:34 -0000, "Dave-UK" wrote: "Gordon" wrote in message ... I'm still in the learning phase as a Windows 8 user, having recenlty bought this new HP Presario with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'm getting along pretty well but there is one problem that still has me mystified. When I leave this computer unattended for a while it will go into Sleep mode, then when I try to bring it back awake I usually have to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys and follow up with a Restart process. The Notification Area and the Time and Date area at the lower right of the screen are gone. I notice this as soon as I move the mouse or click a key and try to bring the computer out of sleep mode. Nothing else can be done that I've discoverd, other than to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del process to do a Restart. It will restart and the first screen indicates that it is coming out of Sleep mode. Then the Lock screen appears and everything goes normally from there on until the next time I let this computer go into Sleep mode. What can I do to avoid losing the Notification Area and the Time and Date icons when this comptuer goes into Sleep mode, or how can I recover them without doing a Restart? Gordon When my laptop goes to sleep the screen goes all black. I don't have any icons in the notification area or anywhere because the screen is totally blank. THis is very much like my desktop HP Pavilion has been doing. The screen is black but I can see the mouse white arrow head moving around when I move the mouse. The task bar at the bottom of the blackened out screen looks normal If you can see the mouse pointer or taskbar on the screen then your computer (Pavilion, Presario or whatever it is) is not sleeping. In Win 7, sleep and hibernate both turn the screen off, as you say. This darkening of the screen except for the task bar sounds a bit like the darkening in Win 7 when User Account Control is set to its maximum. Could Win 8 have a similar darkening for some reason? I don't notice any darkening anywhere. Well I understand what Robin is talking about. And yes Robin, Windows 8 too can dim the display as well just like Windows 7. Now Dave, it is possible that you never see this dimming of the display. But it does so at certain times as the OS needs to user attention for something. Normally a small window not dimmed (but everything else is) pops up. This gives the user a choice to make depending on what it says. Now both Windows 7 and Windows 8 (I never ran Vista much) can dim the display if there is no activity in X amount of time and there is no window too. This should be no big deal (I forget where this setting is) as touching the mouse or keyboard should undim everything. Now if Gordon thinks this dimmed state is sleeping, it really isn't. And Gordon, if this is what you are thinking and seeing, it isn't in standby mode. Something stopped it from going to Standby. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12 Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 8 |
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