Can I disable "return from standby" on mouse movement?

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I love my new XP computer's power management, much cleaner than my old Win
Me machine. Especially in these heat wave days, it's nice to put the
mini-space-heater to rest when not actively needed.

BUT .. when it's in standby, either because I put it there or via timed
shutdown, any little jostle of the mouse (even moving it out of the way
after clicking on "standby") starts the computer up again. This can be very
annoying if I'm trying to use the workspace for other purposes.

Is there anyway to just disable this response to the mouse, and have it come
back only on a keyboard stroke? I didn't find anything under "Power
Options" (nor "Mouse") in Control Panel, and the Help file doesn't say
anything about what causes resume from standby. A quick search of the
knowledge base didn't help either.

(if it matters, these are 'old fashioned' PS2 kb and mouse, not USB devices;
I noticed in the knowledge base that some issues were related to USB kb,
mouse and other devices)
 
Hi Ggull,

These setting may or may not be there. So take a look.

In Control Panel open Mouse Properties, click Hardware - Properties -
Power Management, and then uncheck the "Allow this device to bring the
computer out of standby" box.

Or, in Control Panel open System - Hardware tab - Device Manager click
the plus sign (+) next to "Mice and other pointing devices", and then
double-click the mouse in question.
In the Properties dialog box for the mouse, click the Power Management
tab.
Uncheck the "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby"
check box.

Standby Issues by Kelly:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_standby.htm#xp_wake
 
In addition to the settings that Bert Kinney mentions, there are often
settings in the BIOS that enable/disable some of the "Wake On... functions".
Messing with the BIOS is a bit tricky, so I wouldn't advise trying this until
after you've tried Bert's advice.
 
Thanks. I didn't go down to this level (if it exists). My "other computer"
is the XP one, and I'll check it out tonight.
gg
 
Thank you.
My motherboard manual does tell me the bios has a section that
"Configures power management features and power supply controls"
but doesn't give details. So if the mouse twiddle suggestions don't work
I'll check this out.

gg
 
(1) Bert Kinney's suggestions:
In neither situation was there a Power Management tab under Properties.
-- Going through Mouse Properties to get to
"Microsoft PS/2 Mouse Properties" box, there were three tabs:
General Advanced Settings Driver
-- Going from System, the same box had two additional tabs:
Details Resources
I browsed around further for anything like Power Management but didn't
see it.
I guess it's a case of "may or may not be there" :-).

(2) usesma's suggestion re BIOS:
In the power menu (or whatever the appropriate term is) there wasn't
much.
Only the following seemed even vaguely relevant:
"The options below are not related to ACPI and may be ignored when
shutting
down using an ACPI OS:
Wake on PCI PME [Stay OFF]"
This has gone beyond my acronym expertise, but doesn't look like what
I'm
looking for for either. I didn't find any other references to "Wake
On.."
in a fairly thorough browse.

Any other ideas, or do I just have to tuck my mouse away real careful-like?
Not critical, but a nuisance.

Again, thanks for the help.
 
At this point, I would suggest looking to the manufacturer for a
solution. They may have a BIOS update that works better with WinXP.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/
(1) Bert Kinney's suggestions:
In neither situation was there a Power Management tab
under Properties. -- Going through Mouse Properties
to get to "Microsoft PS/2 Mouse Properties" box,
there were three tabs: General
Advanced Settings Driver -- Going from System,
the same box had two additional tabs:
Details Resources I browsed around further for
anything like Power Management but didn't
see it.
I guess it's a case of "may or may not be there" :-).

(2) usesma's suggestion re BIOS:
In the power menu (or whatever the appropriate term
is) there wasn't much.
Only the following seemed even vaguely relevant:
"The options below are not related to ACPI and may be
ignored when shutting
down using an ACPI OS:
Wake on PCI PME [Stay OFF]"
This has gone beyond my acronym expertise, but doesn't
look like what I'm
looking for for either. I didn't find any other
references to "Wake On.."
in a fairly thorough browse.

Any other ideas, or do I just have to tuck my mouse away
real careful-like? Not critical, but a nuisance.

Again, thanks for the help.

Bert Kinney said:
These setting may or may not be there. So take a look.

In Control Panel open Mouse Properties, click Hardware -
Properties - Power Management, and then uncheck the
"Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby"
box.

Or, in Control Panel open System - Hardware tab - Device
Manager click the plus sign (+) next to "Mice and other
pointing devices", and then double-click the mouse in
question.
In the Properties dialog box for the mouse, click the
Power Management tab.
Uncheck the "Allow this device to bring the computer out
of standby" check box.
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Thanks for the efforts. I'll check with the manufacturer.

At least now I have the precise language to talk to them with, and the
confidence I'm not wanting to do something outrageous :-).
 
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