computer wont stay on standby

When my computer goes on standby, it will only stay asleep for a couple minutes or so, then starts back up. If I turn off the DSL it will stay asleep. It is a HP computer, running XP. Any ideas ? Thanks.

Everything New Technology 1823 This topic was started by jeffrychuck1161, 2006-11-10 21:35

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jeffrychuck1161

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2006-11-10 22:35

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Relic

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2006-11-11 13:16

Have you tried shutting down your email program before going on standby? Could be that everytime it checks your email, your computer wakes up because you access the net.

jeffrychuck1161

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2006-11-12 18:01

yes, email is off.

Relic

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2006-11-12 18:04

Try the 3 finger salute, ctrl+alt+del and see what you have running in the background, possibly you have a program that updates at regular intervals.

You are running an AVP, right?

Wilhelmus

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2006-11-12 18:07

Look your BIOS for 'wake up on lan' / WOL / Wake on LAN or similar and try disabling it.

American Zombie

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2006-11-12 20:37

You can also go into device manager > network adapter > properties > power management tab > uncheck "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby".

bchilly

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2006-11-12 21:00

I had a similar problem with my computer bringing itself out of hibernation after a few hours which was particularly annoying in the middle of the night as it is incredibly noisy! It doesn't have an internet connection and I never found out what it was.