OK, I opened Task Scheduler. In the last 24 hours, it shows 23 total - 5
running, 17 succeeded, 1 stopped, and 0 failed. The one that was stopped
was NAPStatus UI. It wasn't stopped by me (at least, not on purpose). But,
other than that, I have no errors coming up in conjunction with sleep mode
that I can find.

Kristy

"Rich" <Rich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Ok guys, I have figured something out. Try going to your Task Scheduler.
> As
> soon as you open it up, do a couple of errors pop up along the lines of
> "Defrag Scheduler is corrupted or tampered with"? I was also getting one
> stating that "Task Reminders - (Your User Name) is corrupted. User name
> not
> found". Here is my theory: Some tasks are corrupted and keep trying to
> run,
> keeping the computer awake.
>
> I did two things, and I don't know which fixed it. First off, a while
> back
> I changed the name of my computer from e1505 to Laptop. That definitely
> screwed up the Task Reminders task with Windows Calendar for some reason.
> I
> could find no way to update the computer name in Windows Calendar so it
> knows
> that my user name is in fact valid so I just changed the computer name
> back.
> As soon as I did that it fixed that error.
>
> Next I reinstalled Vista. That managed to fix my defrag scheduled task
> corruption and now the computer sleeps just fine. If you pop in the Vista
> disk, reinstall, and just choose to keep all programs and settings it
> seems
> to work just like XP's repair function. I didn't lose a document or
> program,
> and even my desktop remained the same.
>
> If you changed the name of you computer at any point, try changing it
> back.
> If that doesn't fix things, try the Vista reinstall. It worked for me.
>
> Rich
>
> "Kcpirana" wrote:
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>> I, too, have the same problem. I have the computer in Balanced power
>> mode
>> and am running Vista Home Premium. I set it to sleep after an hour and
>> this
>> morning, it was still on! Monitor shut off, as it was supposed to, but
>> it
>> never went to sleep. Anyone have a fix for this?
>>
>> Kristy
>>
>> "Rich" <Rich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:47B905A7-0E93-4077-9CF5-2BEA82C495E5@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Same exact problem here except on a Dell laptop. In fact, if I have it
>> > in
>> > High Performance, my computer won't even sleep if I hit the button or
>> > close
>> > the lid.
>> >
>> > Coincidentally, I have a few corrupted tasks in task scheduler that I
>> > can't
>> > get rid of either. One was Scheduled Defrag, which I suspect is trying
>> > to
>> > run and won't allow my computer to sleep. This is just a guess,
>> > because I
>> > can't figure it out and it's really getting frustrating.
>> >
>> > Rich
>> >
>> > "mj" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Sleep works great when I initiate, but it won't drop into sleep
>> >> after an hour on it's own. The monitor will turn off after 20
>> >> minutes, however. I am using a desktop PC with the balanced power
>> >> plan.
>> >>
>> >> thanks
>> >>
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