Do you have you sidebar up? And if so do you have the analog clock?

That kept my machine from sleeping or in fact going into the screen saver...

Francois


"Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> If I click the sleep button it sleeps. It I let it do it automatically it
> does not. same programs must be running.
>
> I can re-boot and not open anything and the result is the same.
>
> "Terry" wrote:
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>> On 4/12/2007 2:40 PM On a whim, Paul pounded out on the keyboard
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>> > If I set it to 2 minutes or 1 hours it does not matter.
>> >
>> > It is a brand new Vista based PC. Infact I have 4 of them!
>> >
>> > "Terry" wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 4/12/2007 12:00 PM On a whim, Paul pounded out on the keyboard
>> >>
>> >>> Vista will not go to sleep automatically. The screen turn dark but
>> >>> machine
>> >>> will not sleeep. Even after a clean re-start.
>> >>>
>> >>> If I manually press the sleep button on the keyboard it works fine.
>> >>>
>> >>> Why will it not auto-sleep
>> >> You need a bigger sledge hammer ;-)
>> >>
>> >> Check the power settings to verify the length of time before sleep is
>> >> to
>> >> occur. Is this an upgraded computer or a new computer? Possibly
>> >> legacy
>> >> hardware is preventing it also.
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>>
>> It could be a program that is running. I would start looking at
>> programs that you have installed. see what ones run processes and
>> disable them one at a time see if you can track down what it is. It
>> could also be a driver problem. I'm not sure if power settings are
>> active in Safe Mode, but try it and see if sleep occurs in Safe Mode.
>> If it does, it is probably a driver preventing it.
>>
>> --
>> Terry
>>
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