Michael,
The problem was a setting on the network adapter that allowed it to wake
the system. I had to go to the device manager and unclick the option that
allowed the adaptert to wake the system.

Joe Greene

"MICHAEL" wrote:
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> Be sure to post back if you fix it.
> Many times, users come here for suggestions or
> answers and never report if they found a solution-
> that information might be helpful to someone else.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Take care,
>
> Michael
>
> "Greene" <Greene@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> > The mouse is "wired" to the p.c. I have also tried everything with the power
> > options. I'll try disconnecting all the USB devices and see if that works.
> > Thanks for the advise.
> >
> > "MICHAEL" wrote:
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> >>
> >> "Greene" <Greene@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:E3001637-F69B-4AAC-A8A1-564905272EBC@microsoft.com...
> >> >I put the pc to sleep and it wakes again within a few minutes. Any
> >> > suggestions?
> >>
> >> Do you have a wireless mouse? Try unplugging
> >> your USB devices one by one, put the computer
> >> to sleep after you unplug one. If it stays asleep,
> >> then you'll know. Have you gone into Device Manager
> >> and looked at your USB devices, specifically, the
> >> Power Management tab?
> >>
> >> Do you have the latest drivers for any USB devices
> >> you may be using?
> >>
> >> Have you installed this update? It might help.
> >> [url]http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925528[/url]
> >> Reliability update for the USB stack in Windows Vista
> >> January 30, 2007
> >>
> >>
> >> -Michael
> >>
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