Keyboard Won't work when I leave PC alone for a while

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Maybe someone can help. If I leave my computer alone for a hour or so and it
goes into hibernate or sleep or whatever it's called I can't type anything
upon "waking it up" so to speak. I can use the mouse and sign on to AOL or
Explorer but I cant type any emails or enter any Web addresses. I have to
restart the computer. I recently installed Vista Ultimate. Any ideas how I
can fix this?
 
JimR541 said:
Maybe someone can help. If I leave my computer alone for a hour or so and
it
goes into hibernate or sleep or whatever it's called I can't type anything
upon "waking it up" so to speak. I can use the mouse and sign on to AOL or
Explorer but I cant type any emails or enter any Web addresses. I have to
restart the computer. I recently installed Vista Ultimate. Any ideas how
I
can fix this?
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Trying opening the device manager, double click the keyboard entry to bring
up properties, then click the Power Management tab. There you will see a
couple of entries. Make sure "Allow this device to wake the computer" is
checked. Make sure "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save
power" is NOT checked. If that doesn't help I would look for a BIOS update
for the computer on the motherboard manufacturer's web site - there may be
an update to improve compatibility with Vista.
 
Victek said:
Trying opening the device manager, double click the keyboard entry to bring
up properties, then click the Power Management tab. There you will see a
couple of entries. Make sure "Allow this device to wake the computer" is
checked. Make sure "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save
power" is NOT checked. If that doesn't help I would look for a BIOS update
for the computer on the motherboard manufacturer's web site - there may be
an update to improve compatibility with Vista.
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When I go to the device manager I click on Keyboards and see this.

"Standard 101/102-key or microsoft natural PS/2 Keyboard.

When I click on that I see 4 tabs that read "General, Driver, Details and
Resurces. I have to right click to see a Properties option. I don't see
anything about a Power Managemet Tab.
 
Hi
Try going into "keyboards" from the control panel, click on the hardare tab.
When you click on the "Standard 101/102-key or microsoft natural PS/2
Keyboard" there should be a properties box bottom right of the window, if
you click this, then another box pops up with "change settings",Click this
and then you get the power management tab.

Jon Wiles
 
FYI on my system under the power management the entry for allow turn off is
grayed out
(PS-2 natural keyboard)
Perhaps the keyboard driver needs to be updated, mine is version
6.0.6000.16386
Michael
 
When I go to the device manager I click on Keyboards and see this.

"Standard 101/102-key or microsoft natural PS/2 Keyboard.

When I click on that I see 4 tabs that read "General, Driver, Details and
Resurces. I have to right click to see a Properties option. I don't see
anything about a Power Managemet Tab.
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I don't know why the power management tab is absent on your system. You
could check to see if it is present in Mouse properties and Network Adapter
properties (in the device manager). You could also go into the computer
BIOS and check that power options are configured properly - just
brainstorming <g>.
 
Jon Wiles said:
Hi
Try going into "keyboards" from the control panel, click on the hardare tab.
When you click on the "Standard 101/102-key or microsoft natural PS/2
Keyboard" there should be a properties box bottom right of the window, if
you click this, then another box pops up with "change settings",Click this
and then you get the power management tab.

Jon Wiles
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Hi Jon, I tried what you said but I still only see the tabs "General,
Driver, Details and Resources." I also tried what Victek said about looking
in the Mouse section. No Power Management area to be seen.



General, Driver, Deta
 
JimR541 said:
Hi Jon, I tried what you said but I still only see the tabs "General,
Driver, Details and Resources." I also tried what Victek said about
looking
in the Mouse section. No Power Management area to be seen.
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Are you logging in with an Administrator account?
 
Victek said:
Are you logging in with an Administrator account?
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Well I really don't log in to Windows. I just turn my computer on and
windows loads. I hate to sound so ignorant but thats all I do. How do I
check for that? I'm not usually as bad as this.
 
JimR541 said:
Well I really don't log in to Windows. I just turn my computer on and
windows loads. I hate to sound so ignorant but thats all I do. How do I
check for that? I'm not usually as bad as this.
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Open the Control Panel and then the User accounts applet. There you will
see your account details, including whether or not it is a computer
administrator. Logging in with a limited user account in XP could cause the
power properties to not be displayed (though I'm not certain of that).
 
I am listed as the administrator but I'm not using XP. I'm using Vista. COuld
that be the reason?
 
Open the Control Panel and then the User accounts applet. There you will
I am listed as the administrator but I'm not using XP. I'm using Vista.
Could
that be the reason?
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My statement was unclear. I meant to say that I have had this experience in
XP, I.e. that certain properties tabs simply do not display when you log on
with a limited account, so something similar may happen in Vista, too. I
don't know that for a fact though as I don't use a limited account in Vista.
In any case, the point is moot since you ARE using an administrator account.
I'm out of ideas as to the cause of your problem - sorry.
 
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