That's an excellent reminder as one of the things to check
when users are having the same problem that you had. I
forget to mention that sometimes while helping folks troubleshoot
this issue. Thanks for posting back. Glad you go it figured out.

Take care,

Michael

"Greene" <Greene@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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
>> news:B459E73E-A67C-47F5-B95D-60098ED3FBB6@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > 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:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> "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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