How do I Turn Off Standby/Sleep/Hibernation?

[techlady]

Everyone else seems to want to turn the sucker on, I want to turn it off.

We have Gateway computers running Microsoft Office Professional. The screens just go black. Hibernation is not enabled (under start/settings/....power management) I have tried setting every setting under the thing including presentation which is supposed to never turn off.

In Windows 95 you had to go into BIOS and cut something off there, but I don't recognize what to cut off here -- if this is what I am supposed to do?

HELP!

Is there anything in the group policies or computer security that would stop this?

Thanks,
TechLady

 

[LOB]

Well it might not be hibernating since you turned it off but could be power saving. So double check your properties for that within windows.
I'm not familiar with the Gateway BIOS/CMOS settings but usually there is something for power saving or APM or ACPI in some section. Obviously if those are disabled then they don't happen.

 

[pvanos]

In your control panel there should be a setting for Power Management.
Specify NEVER for 'Turn off monitor' in the active Power Management Schedule, and it won't shut off in the middle of your telephone call ;-)

Sorry if the terminology is slightly different, I only have Dutch W2K machines here at work.

 

[techlady]

Power Manager is set to "NEVER". Everything that can be set to 'NEVER' is set. It stills blacks out. Any other suggestions?

 

[hchman]

Are you signed on as administrator. System settings are not saved unless the adminisrator makes the changes.

 

[Guest_imported]

Check your BIOS power setings. Most have extra power setings like turing off the monitor or hardisk after a certain period of being idle. This setings will superseed the Windows power settings.

 

[JimInKS]

Does the system come back on immediately when you hit a key or wiggle the mouse?

It's not as simple as have the screen saver set to "blank screen" is it?

 

[pvanos]

Can you reach the display-portion in control panel, being logged in as a user (rather than as administrator) ?
And are the settings for the user also all set to NEVER ?
And of course, check the screen saver for a blank screen, as JimInKS suggested.

You could always create a new 'test'-user, member of the administrators group, and see if you have the same problem being logged in as this user.
If not, remove the test-user from the administrators group, and see what happens now when logging in as test-user.

Let us know your findings ?