not staying in sleep mode

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Jerry,
There are two places to check for 'wake on lan' features.

First: in device manager
Start Orb
type device manager, run the program
expand network adapters
double click on the network adapter you are using (probably only one)
power management tab
unselect 'allow this device to wake the computer'

if that doesn't stop it, then also check your bios there may be an option
about wake on lan in there.

Michael
 
You might also want to check out this setting.

Go to Control Panel\Power Options, and under your chosen Plan, on the
right-side of the window, choose "Change plan settings".

On the new Edit Plan Settings window, click on "Change advanced power
settings". A new dialog will pop up. Expand the "Multimedia settings"
entry, and then expand the "When sharing media" entry. Change it to "Allow
the computer to sleep" (Apply, OK).
 
Michael, when I got to the power management tab the only options were 'wake
on directed packet", and wake on magic packet". since I don't know which
one to uncheck I left it alone. There was no 'allow this device to wake the
computer' option, so what do I do now?

I sure appreciate your help.

Thanks
 
Jerry,

Different cards/drivers have different options which makes giving help a
little tricky at times.
In your case the options should both be turned off (unchecked).
Wake on directed packet:
If any packet is sent to the address of your machine, your machine will
wake up. (allows a sleeping machine to respond to network requests i.e. a
web server would wake up if someone wanted to talk to it.)

Wake on magic packet:
If a specially formatted ('magic') packet is sent to your machine it
will wakeup. Often used by network administrator operations to wake a
computer for maintenance purposes I.a. scans/updates.


I suspect that someplace on the network is probing your computer, either for
nefarious or benign purposes. I am somewhat surprised that your
router/firewall is letting the probes in. whoops, another assumption that
your have a router with firewall. If you are directly connected to the
network such probes are normal.

Michael
 
Michael, once more I want you to know how much I appreciate your help. The
problem now is finally solved and once again the computer does what I want
rather than vice-versa.

I also want you to know that two Dell support people, and one 'Microsoft
certified' guy had never heard of the problem, therefore had no idea of how
to solve it.

Your knowledge of the esoteric inner workings of the operating system is
wonderful.

I tried to contact you in a personal message but it wouldn't go through.
However, these group messages do. Besides, I think everyone should know
that your advice is of inestimable value.

Thanks agai,

Jerry
 
Jerry,
Thanks for the kind words and I am glad you have solved your problem.
There are lots of fine people on these groups many of whom have had the same
problem or made the same mistake as someone else and enjoy helping.

Michael
 
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