Steve,

On my Vista Home Premium, task schedular has Windows Defender performing a
scan 3AM each day.
(need to set 'show hidden tasks' in order to see it.)

Michael

"Hong" <Hong@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> According the event log, my PC wakes up from hibernation at 3:00 AM every
> day. I have spent many hours on this. I checked BIOS, Task Scheduler,
> McAfee security center, etc. and could not find a clue. I will check the
> automatic updates tonight to see if it is the culprit. Thanks for the
> tip.
>
> It has been very frustrating!!!!!
>
>
> "Steve Easton" wrote:
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>> I've just been told that Automatic updates runs at 3 AM.
>>
>>
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>> Steve Easton
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>> "DRT" <DRT@nospam.net> wrote in message
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>> >I have Vista Ultimate running on my new Toshiba S-5034 notebook. In the
>> >middle of the
>> >night, I don't know exactly when, the thing wakes up for some reason and
>> >sucks up juice!
>> >Aaargh!
>> >
>> > The notebook gets awfully hot in the bag as the fan struggles to keep
>> > it cool in the
>> > confined space. I am left with a weak battery for my commute too :-(
>> >
>> > I thought that hibernate was the deepest power saving mode? The
>> > hardware is completely
>> > powered off. It is only that the O/S saves the CPU and memory state to
>> > HDD right and
>> > makes a boot-up "note" to itself to restore the image? Therefore, can
>> > any task that was
>> > running in Windows possibly wake up a system in hibernate state? I
>> > don't think so
>> > because they aren't running.
>> >
>> > Since the notebook is in my bag with no Ethernet or wireless on, I am
>> > sure that
>> > Wake-on-LAN (WoL) couldn't possibly be the culprit for problem or could
>> > it?
>> >
>> > Yes, I am sure my notebook is in hibernate mode and *not* in sleep
>> > mode. All lights go
>> > off on this Toshiba (there is a standby light) and I have unplugged the
>> > notebook's
>> > battery and power adapter. I can successfully resume where I left off
>> > after reattaching
>> > everything and powering back on.
>> >
>> > Can anyone offer any advice on this problem? TIA!
>> >
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