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I have an older HP computer that has a key on it with a quarter moon next to it. Every once in a while I bump it by mistake and the monitor goes blank and I have one hell of a time getting my computer back out of what I assume is sleep mode.
Does anybody knowhow to recover from this? It is driving me bats**t crazy. I just smashed the damn keyboard as a result and now I need to replace it.
As far as the half/crescent moon button goes, that is one of the features the newer or multimedia keyboards have.
It is the Sleep/Hibernation hot button that puts the system in sleep/hibernation mode when pressed.
Your best best is to make sure your new keyboard doesn't have that key or remove the key completely.
Or better yet, disable sleep/hibernation modes in Power configuration panel:
1. Start > Run -or- Windows Key + r
2. Type powercfg.cpl
3. Then select Choose what the power buttons do 4. Change When I press the sleep button to [Do nothing]
5. Click Save changes
Sleep mode is one of the worst things MS has ever offered as an option. I cannot tell you how many hours I spent messing with it when customers decided to use it and insisted they needed it.
Fine by me, just send the check in a timely manner.
Sleep mode is one of the worst things MS has ever offered as an option. I cannot tell you how many hours I spent messing with it when customers decided to use it and insisted they needed it.
Fine by me, just send the check in a timely manner.
What should Win7 users do if they don't want their computers to use power for the majority of the day but they don't want to power down and power up? The other alternative is Hibernate. I use Sleep and it seems OK.
The things I haven't mastered are the settings to let the network wake it up. For example, one of my PCs in the house holds all our music. It's connected via ethernet to my linksys wireless router. I want that computer to sleep when not in use but if I want to access the music files on it, I want to wake it up remotely, like from another room. I think there's a "Wake Up On Lan" setting for the NIC properties but for some reason, I don't remember having any luck with that set to 1. So, my next best technical option is to yell at one of the kids "Go move mommy's mouse!"
What should Win7 users do if they don't want their computers to use power for the majority of the day but they don't want to power down and power up? The other alternative is Hibernate. I use Sleep and it seems OK.
The things I haven't mastered are the settings to let the network wake it up. For example, one of my PCs in the house holds all our music. It's connected via ethernet to my linksys wireless router. I want that computer to sleep when not in use but if I want to access the music files on it, I want to wake it up remotely, like from another room. I think there's a "Wake Up On Lan" setting for the NIC properties but for some reason, I don't remember having any luck with that set to 1. So, my next best technical option is to yell at one of the kids "Go move mommy's mouse!"
Try the Wake up on LAN" option in BIOS.
Also, you can download and use the free command line utility called WOL.exe (Wake-On-LAN) from this link.
Last edited by TurcoLoco; 09-04-2013 at 05:29 PM..
I'll try that tonight. While I was typing my post I did read online something about having to have compatible BIOS. It's a five year old dell so I we'll see. Will check for BIOS update on Dell too.
What should Win7 users do if they don't want their computers to use power for the majority of the day but they don't want to power down and power up? The other alternative is Hibernate. I use Sleep and it seems OK.
The things I haven't mastered are the settings to let the network wake it up. For example, one of my PCs in the house holds all our music. It's connected via ethernet to my linksys wireless router. I want that computer to sleep when not in use but if I want to access the music files on it, I want to wake it up remotely, like from another room. I think there's a "Wake Up On Lan" setting for the NIC properties but for some reason, I don't remember having any luck with that set to 1. So, my next best technical option is to yell at one of the kids "Go move mommy's mouse!"
They should use sleep. Sleep is a very useful and necessary feature.
Sleep mode is one of the worst things MS has ever offered as an option. I cannot tell you how many hours I spent messing with it when customers decided to use it and insisted they needed it.
Fine by me, just send the check in a timely manner.
If you're going to blame one of them, you might as well blame all of them. Sleep state (not mode) was developed by Intel, MS Toshiba, HP, and Phoenix. It's a critically important feature on laptops... but widely popular on desktops as well.
I'll try that tonight. While I was typing my post I did read online something about having to have compatible BIOS. It's a five year old dell so I we'll see. Will check for BIOS update on Dell too.
I work with Dell Optiplex machines so I am guessing anything you have that is 5 year old should have it.
In BIOS, under the POWER section check for "Wake Up by LAN" or "Wake Up by Integrated LAN" option. That option must be enabled for you to use the WOL.exe tool or any other similar program.
Sleep / Hibernation modes work well as long as the OS, BIOS and Video card support it. I can kind of relate to TEK's frustration but I am almost certain that scenario would be common with older hardware or with machines using dated BIOS. The other common culprit is the misbehaving video BIOS or crappy video drivers. Newer machines do not seem to have any problem from what I have seen.
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