I turned off the Media Cener's updates and that seems to have done the trick
(so far)

"Francois" wrote:
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> 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
> >>
> >> > 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.
> >> >>
> >>
> >> 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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