PC Sleep Mode

I have recently encountered a new situation where my PC will
seemingly enter the Sleep Mode. Still, when I later return, the PC has
returned to the ON Mode (with NO keyboard activity). I am unaware of
any scheduled activity, that might cause that to happen.

Any suggestions as to how I might have my PC STAY in the Sleep mode?

On 12/08/2011 18:11, wrote:
> I have recently encountered a new situation where my PC will
> seemingly enter the Sleep Mode. Still, when I later return, the PC has
> returned to the ON Mode (with NO keyboard activity). I am unaware of
> any scheduled activity, that might cause that to happen.
>
> Any suggestions as to how I might have my PC STAY in the Sleep mode?

Something is recalling it. That's what you have to find out and then
stop it. It's probably some network activity, but there's a way of
checking the last wake-up call with Command Prompt;
powercfg –lastwake

Do that, tell us the answer and then we'll guide you further.

Ed

<> wrote in message
news:...
> I have recently encountered a new situation where my PC will
> seemingly enter the Sleep Mode. Still, when I later return, the PC has
> returned to the ON Mode (with NO keyboard activity). I am unaware of
> any scheduled activity, that might cause that to happen.
>
> Any suggestions as to how I might have my PC STAY in the Sleep mode?
>

Disable the ability to wake-up on mouse movement

a.k.a. twitchy-mouse-wake-up-syndrome.


Andy

>
> <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I have recently encountered a new situation where my PC will
>> seemingly enter the Sleep Mode. Still, when I later return, the PC has
>> returned to the ON Mode (with NO keyboard activity). I am unaware of
>> any scheduled activity, that might cause that to happen.
>>
>> Any suggestions as to how I might have my PC STAY in the Sleep mode?
>>
>
> Disable the ability to wake-up on mouse movement
>
> a.k.a. twitchy-mouse-wake-up-syndrome.
>
>
> Andy

Good advice, that one caught me out for quite awhile. When using the
mouse on a hard surface the cable was acting like a spring and moving
the mouse a minute amount, spotted the cursor moving on the screen one
day when I let go of the mouse.

--
mick

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:21:55 +0100, Ed Cryer <>
wrote:

>On 12/08/2011 18:11, wrote:
>> I have recently encountered a new situation where my PC will
>> seemingly enter the Sleep Mode. Still, when I later return, the PC has
>> returned to the ON Mode (with NO keyboard activity). I am unaware of
>> any scheduled activity, that might cause that to happen.
>>
>> Any suggestions as to how I might have my PC STAY in the Sleep mode?
>
>Something is recalling it. That's what you have to find out and then
>stop it. It's probably some network activity, but there's a way of
>checking the last wake-up call with Command Prompt;
>powercfg –lastwake
>
>Do that, tell us the answer and then we'll guide you further.
>
>Ed


Ed

First - your suggestion was Excellent, if I could execute the powercfg
–lastwake command. Alas, when I run it, from a Command Line, the
displayed answer appears for but a brief moment.

Might you have added guidance, as to how I might execute powercfg
–lastwake and then be able to Read the activity causing the Wake Up?

Sorry, for my newbie question!

<> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:21:55 +0100, Ed Cryer <>
> wrote:
>
>>On 12/08/2011 18:11, wrote:
>>> I have recently encountered a new situation where my PC will
>>> seemingly enter the Sleep Mode. Still, when I later return, the PC has
>>> returned to the ON Mode (with NO keyboard activity). I am unaware of
>>> any scheduled activity, that might cause that to happen.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions as to how I might have my PC STAY in the Sleep mode?
>>
>>Something is recalling it. That's what you have to find out and then
>>stop it. It's probably some network activity, but there's a way of
>>checking the last wake-up call with Command Prompt;
>>powercfg -lastwake
>>
>>Do that, tell us the answer and then we'll guide you further.
>>
>>Ed
>
>
> Ed
>
> First - your suggestion was Excellent, if I could execute the powercfg
> -lastwake command. Alas, when I run it, from a Command Line, the
> displayed answer appears for but a brief moment.
>
> Might you have added guidance, as to how I might execute powercfg
> -lastwake and then be able to Read the activity causing the Wake Up?
>
> Sorry, for my newbie question!
>

From the Command Line, type in CMD and press Enter. Then, in the Command
Window that opens, enter powercfg -lastwake and press Enter. Then you can
see what it was.
--
SC Tom

SC Tom wrote:
>
> <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:21:55 +0100, Ed Cryer <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/08/2011 18:11, wrote:
>>>> I have recently encountered a new situation where my PC will
>>>> seemingly enter the Sleep Mode. Still, when I later return, the PC has
>>>> returned to the ON Mode (with NO keyboard activity). I am unaware of
>>>> any scheduled activity, that might cause that to happen.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions as to how I might have my PC STAY in the Sleep mode?
>>>
>>> Something is recalling it. That's what you have to find out and then
>>> stop it. It's probably some network activity, but there's a way of
>>> checking the last wake-up call with Command Prompt;
>>> powercfg -lastwake
>>>
>>> Do that, tell us the answer and then we'll guide you further.
>>>
>>> Ed
>>
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> First - your suggestion was Excellent, if I could execute the powercfg
>> -lastwake command. Alas, when I run it, from a Command Line, the
>> displayed answer appears for but a brief moment.
>>
>> Might you have added guidance, as to how I might execute powercfg
>> -lastwake and then be able to Read the activity causing the Wake Up?
>>
>> Sorry, for my newbie question!
>>
>
> From the Command Line, type in CMD and press Enter. Then, in the
> Command Window that opens, enter powercfg -lastwake and press Enter.
> Then you can see what it was.

And if there are any permissions issues (UAC kinda stuff), you can try:

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-c...ows7_thumb.png

You type in the name of the Command Prompt window, such as cmd.exe.
When the search finds it, then right click on the most obvious
entry, then right click and select "Run As Administrator".

My experience has been, even with innocuous stuff, the command
prompt just doesn't run right, like it did in previous Windows.

Once you have a command prompt window, running as admin, the
command you type, like the

powercfg -lastwake

stands a better chance of running to completion like it
would have in an older OS.

Paul

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:09:36 -0400, wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:21:55 +0100, Ed Cryer <>
> wrote:
>
>>On 12/08/2011 18:11, wrote:
>>> I have recently encountered a new situation where my PC will
>>> seemingly enter the Sleep Mode. Still, when I later return, the PC has
>>> returned to the ON Mode (with NO keyboard activity). I am unaware of
>>> any scheduled activity, that might cause that to happen.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions as to how I might have my PC STAY in the Sleep mode?
>>
>>Something is recalling it. That's what you have to find out and then
>>stop it. It's probably some network activity, but there's a way of
>>checking the last wake-up call with Command Prompt;
>>powercfg –lastwake
>>
>>Do that, tell us the answer and then we'll guide you further.
>>
>>Ed
>
> Ed
>
> First - your suggestion was Excellent, if I could execute the powercfg
> –lastwake command. Alas, when I run it, from a Command Line, the
> displayed answer appears for but a brief moment.
>
> Might you have added guidance, as to how I might execute powercfg
> –lastwake and then be able to Read the activity causing the Wake Up?
>
> Sorry, for my newbie question!

The suggestion was to run it from a command *prompt*, but you wrote
command *line*.

Your symptoms make me think you typed it on the search line and ran it
there, thinking that's what a "command line" is. It isn't.

Did you actually open a command window and type it in there?

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On 14/08/2011 00:09, wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:21:55 +0100, Ed Cryer<>
> wrote:
>
>> On 12/08/2011 18:11, wrote:
>>> I have recently encountered a new situation where my PC will
>>> seemingly enter the Sleep Mode. Still, when I later return, the PC has
>>> returned to the ON Mode (with NO keyboard activity). I am unaware of
>>> any scheduled activity, that might cause that to happen.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions as to how I might have my PC STAY in the Sleep mode?
>>
>> Something is recalling it. That's what you have to find out and then
>> stop it. It's probably some network activity, but there's a way of
>> checking the last wake-up call with Command Prompt;
>> powercfg –lastwake
>>
>> Do that, tell us the answer and then we'll guide you further.
>>
>> Ed
>
>
> Ed
>
> First - your suggestion was Excellent, if I could execute the powercfg
> –lastwake command. Alas, when I run it, from a Command Line, the
> displayed answer appears for but a brief moment.
>
> Might you have added guidance, as to how I might execute powercfg
> –lastwake and then be able to Read the activity causing the Wake Up?
>
> Sorry, for my newbie question!
>

Good advice given by others here about how to get a static display.
When you do get that, you can also use "powercfg /?" (without quotes) to
get a list of all the available options; including a list of all things
that can awaken from sleep, and how to stop them doing so.

Ed

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:29:11 +0100, mick <> wrote:

>>
>> <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> I have recently encountered a new situation where my PC will
>>> seemingly enter the Sleep Mode. Still, when I later return, the PC has
>>> returned to the ON Mode (with NO keyboard activity). I am unaware of
>>> any scheduled activity, that might cause that to happen.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions as to how I might have my PC STAY in the Sleep mode?
>>>
>>
>> Disable the ability to wake-up on mouse movement
>>
>> a.k.a. twitchy-mouse-wake-up-syndrome.
>>
>>
>> Andy
>
>Good advice, that one caught me out for quite awhile. When using the
>mouse on a hard surface the cable was acting like a spring and moving
>the mouse a minute amount, spotted the cursor moving on the screen one
>day when I let go of the mouse.


Has anyone looked at ALL the gadgets? There seems to be one for every
need without having to look up how to do anything. I installed one
called "System Control" that seems to answer most of the "how do I"
posts in this group. There is one called "Build a Gadget" that looks
like something worth looking into besides the thousands of them
already.