Rich, did you lose all your files when you did a reinstall? I don't mind
reinstalling, but I hate the thought of starting totally from scratch.

Kristy

"Rich" <Rich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> You may not have the same issue I did. As soon as I opened Task Scheduler
> 3
> message boxes opened up one after another; I didn't have to look up the
> corrupt tasks. Just as a test, go to the Windows task folder in Task
> Scheduler then go to Defrag. If one of those tasks are corrupt, as soon
> as
> you open the folder a pop up box should appear telling you there is a
> problem. Try this with other tasks that run in Vista by default and may
> prevent the computer from sleeping like Disk Diagnostics or Defender.
>
> If you feel comfortable doing it, you may want to reinstall Vista. I was
> a
> little wary at first, but for me it was getting to the point of either
> that
> or formatting the hard drive and doing a clean install. So far, doing the
> reinstall on top of my faulty Vista seemed to do the trick with absolutely
> no
> ill effects aside from waiting about 45 minutes for the system to do the
> install.
>
> Rich
>
> "Kcpirana" wrote:
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>> 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
>> news:4DE23FF9-3E9E-4EBD-818F-09F7C10112D9@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > 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:
>> >
>> >> 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...
>> >> > 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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