I had Vista sleep problems, but it is now resolved. What helped me
investigate the problem was realizing that, at one time, my system sleep
functioned normally, and then stopped working. I was able to pin down the
time period when it stopped working by reviewing the Event Viewer/Windows
Logs/System. Times when the system goes to sleep are signalled by an entry
that looks like: "Information 7/10/2007 10:29:24 AM Kernel-Power"; times
when the system resumes from sleep show this entry: "Information 7/10/2007
1:19:35 PM Power-Troubleshooter".
My logs go back to when I bought the computer in May, so I could verify when
the problem started. Perhaps an initial question for you is: has your
computer always had this problem or did it work ok at one time? Take a look
through your Event Viewer and see if it has ever worked, then see if you can
pin down when it may have changed.

In my case, I had inadvertently tried to install a piece of non-Vista-ready
software, which left artifacts that caused my sleep problems. After I
cleared that up, sleep became functional again. Hope this helps.

"Armando Luis Melchor" <Armando Luis [email]Melchor@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]>
wrote in message news:2430F5CB-F7F4-49AB-BD5C-2F3DBFF524A1@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Dear Friends.
>
> I am facing the same problem than you. I just bought a Dell Inspiron 1501
> with Windows Vista. Once you make the system go to sleep or "hibernar",
> there
> is no problem. When you try to wake up the system, then you have a serious
> problem: the screen blinks or flashes no ending and you have to push the
> power buttom until it shut down.
>
> It's amazing this problem. I have been looking for a solution but I didn't
> find anything helpful. Please, if you know how to fix the problem, please
> let
> me know.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Armando Luis Melchor
> Venezuela.
>
> "Ian Betts" wrote:
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>> You did not say if it is a laptop or desktop. In either go to The
>> Start/Control Panel and set to Classic View on the left. Then click the
>> Power icon and look at the various options for settings and power saving
>> there.
>>
>> If a Laptop it probably has A hibernation key on it so read the manual
>> for
>> guidence.
>>
>> --
>> Ian
>>
>> "Curt Peterson" <CurtPeterson@att.net> wrote in message
>> news:Rf-dneQXzfTZ6D3bnZ2dnUVZ_sejnZ2d@comcast.com...[color=darkred]
>> >I am trying to help a family member that just got a new computer with
>> >Vista. The computer goes to sleep fine, but once they try to wake it and
>> >access a program... it flashes the blue screen of death and then
>> >reboots.
>> >Looking around the web and MS KB articles, I see lots of talks about of
>> >all
>> >sorts of variations to this problem, but no solutions. Do we need to
>> >wait
>> >for a patch for MS or is there something we can do... Help!
>> >
>> >[/color][/color][/color]