auto-sleep don't work no more

[housetrained]

Hi, since installing squeezebox server the auto-sleep don't work no more.
Uninstalled squeezetc. but still don't work. Ran CCleaner and Registry
do-dah but still don't work. Any ideas apart from doin' a clean install of
WIN7?
TIA

 

[LouB]

Hi, since installing squeezebox server the auto-sleep don't work no
more. Uninstalled squeezetc. but still don't work. Ran CCleaner and
Registry do-dah but still don't work. Any ideas apart from doin' a clean
install of WIN7?
TIA

Search in Win 7 "power" See Power Options Go there and set to what you
want in case that program changed the setting.

 

[housetrained]

Search in Win 7 "power" See Power Options Go there and set to what you
want in case that program changed the setting.

already done that and tried loads of settings including all the defaults -
no joy. But thanks anyway

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

already done that and tried loads of settings including all the defaults -
no joy. But thanks anyway

Could it be that the squeezebox server keeps your computer awake for its
own nefarious (kidding) purposes?

1. The trouble started when you installed it

2. "Server" implies to me that it needs to be running 24/7

Those are guesses, of course, but #1 is obvious and #2 is plausible.

 

[housetrained]

Could it be that the squeezebox server keeps your computer awake for its
own nefarious (kidding) purposes?

1. The trouble started when you installed it

2. "Server" implies to me that it needs to be running 24/7

Those are guesses, of course, but #1 is obvious and #2 is plausible.

exactly - that's why I uninstalled it. Still no good. It sleeps when I do it
manually but not auto. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

exactly - that's why I uninstalled it. Still no good. It sleeps when I do it
manually but not auto. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
--
John the West Ham fan

(e-mail address removed)
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Ouch.

I wish I could help, but I don't know where all the sleep-related and
power-related settings might be hidden...if you can believe that there are
obscure settings in Windows

Not to mention the possibility of some odd-ball service started by the
server that was not disabled by uninstalling it.

Does the company's web site offer any help, or maybe a more complete
uninstaller?

 

[Greg T]

What about "system restore" option? Greg T

 

[Joe Morris]

already done that and tried loads of settings including all the defaults -
no joy. But thanks anyway

Any chance that there are still pieces of Squeezebox still running, perhaps
as a service, even though you've gone through the motions of uninstalling
it?

An application can call an API in the Windows kernel to block automatic
sleep; Media Player is one user of that API. Since your Squeezebox server
is presumably the Logitech product of that name I can easily see it dropping
some obscurely-named executable onto your system for the purpose of calling
the API to block autosleep (which would disrupt a music server!), and
forgetting to remove it when the application is evicted.

And no, I don't know of any way that the no-autosleep request can be
cancelled except by the app that sets it, or the termination of that app.
If someone is aware of how to do that please post a description.

Joe Morris

 

[LouB]

already done that and tried loads of settings including all the defaults
- no joy. But thanks anyway

Oh crud:-((

Where is Ken Blake when you need him?

 

[Ken Blake]

Oh crud:-((

Where is Ken Blake when you need him?

Sorry, I don't know anything about squeezebox server.

 

[housetrained]

Trouble with that all the diary/calendar entries revert to that past date.
Using WLM calendar (

 

[Andy]

don't poor spelling its doesn't work any more

 

[Aussie Camper]

exactly - that's why I uninstalled it. Still no good. It sleeps when I do it
manually but not auto. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
--
John the West Ham fan

(e-mail address removed)
<><

How about trying system restore to a point before you installed
squeezebox server?

Aussie Camper

 

[LouB]

Sorry, I don't know anything about squeezebox server.

Yabut OP says he uninstalled that thing. I was wondering if you could
help OP get power settings to work since he says he tried.
After a little thought I wonder if he has something that starts when he
starts his system.

Lou

 

[Shoe]

Yabut OP says he uninstalled that thing. I was wondering if you could
help OP get power settings to work since he says he tried.
After a little thought I wonder if he has something that starts when he
starts his system.

Lou

I am also having some problems with sleep. Sometimes it works
automatically, sometimes it doesn't and I have not been able to find
anything running that correlates with that. Right now it's a mystery.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

How about trying system restore to a point before you installed
squeezebox server?

Aussie Camper

You are embarrassing me for failing to think of that

Good suggestion.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I am also having some problems with sleep. Sometimes it works
automatically, sometimes it doesn't and I have not been able to find
anything running that correlates with that. Right now it's a mystery.

For no particular reason, you just reminded me of a period when I couldn't
get sleep to work automatically, and when sleep wasn't set, even the screen
saver would fail to happen.

I then noticed that if I set the timeout to less than 5 minutes, screen
saver or sleep would work, and eventually I began to suspect my wireless
mouse and keyboard. I plugged in my original wired items, and the problem
went away. I had already turned off the Wake on LAN and similar settings to
no avail.

Other KB/M brands were OK.

To summarize the above long story: some devices (in my case a wireless
mouse/keyboard combo) call home periodically, which would wake Windows up
or make it think the computer was in use.

 

[Peter.R.]

Actually housetrained, a System Restore will *not* affect your Windows Live Mail data.

However, before you go that far, try using POWERCFG to find the culprit that is preventing Auto-Sleep mode:

Open an elevated Command Prompt (Start->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt [right-click]->Run as administrator) and hit Enter after typing in POWERCFG -REQUESTS

POWERCFG –REQUESTSOVERRIDE should also help

If you want to learn about the numerous command line options for POWERCFG, you can type in POWERCFG /?

 

[housetrained]

Sorry mate, I always type as i speak, can't be bovvered wiv all that grammar
malarkey. Couldn't you understand my question or suvvink?

 

[Aussie Camper]

You are embarrassing me for failing to think of that

Good suggestion.

I have these moments about once a year or so <g>
Aussie Camper