Stand by Mode not working properly in Windows 98.

[PaulChilds]

Hi,

I shut my computer (Windows 98) down last night, and because I knew I was going to need it in a hurry this morning, I selected 'Stand By' mode.

I had checked before going to bed that it closed down properly, and it had.

When I got up this morning, I went through to the computer, only to find it was on (i.e not in Stand by mode).

Any ideas why it came back on in the middle of the night?

I have no scheduled tasks set for a Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, so it's not that that caused it.

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[Accessdabbler]

It would depend on what you have set to "wake it up". I suspect you have a modem that wakes up if the phone rings (for a fax call) or a NIC that detected someone trying to access your computer. Turn off the "Wake on LAN" option and the "Wake on Modem" option in the CMOS.

 

[PaulChilds]

It's my home computer, so I'd know if the phone had rang - it didn't.

The internet is on a dial up, so nobody can access my computer unless I physically connect to the internet myself.

Also, it's a stand alone - not on a network at all, so that rules all those options out.

Any other ideas?

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[JonCMiles]

on some computers, they will wake up if you hit a specific key, usualy spacebar. Do you have a cat, or dog that may have gotten to the keyboard? I have only noticed this on one computer type (HP Vectra VL) but I'm pretty sure that it happens on other computers also. If this is the case, you might turn this function of if it gives you problems.
You should be able to do this via the bios setup.

 

[Crustyoldbloke]

Do you have a virus scanner set to do a routine at a time when you were in bed perhaps? It might be worth checking exactly what you have running in the background that didn't go into standby mode when windows did (any DOS applications?)

Try START-RUN type in MSCONFIG - hit ENTER. Select STARTUP and see what is checked. They all have abbreviated names that you may to research via a search engine (Google) to find out what they do. Also RIGHT CLICK DESKTOP-SCREENSAVER-SETTINGS and ensure that you don't have ALWAYS ON selected. Regards
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[Win98User]

Loose power lead connections will also bring a PC out of hibernation, but it must also be coupled with how you set your machine to wake ie. after power failure, waking the monitor etc.

Regards.

 

[PaulChilds]

No, it's none of those:

I don't have a dog/cat/ghost;
My virus scan is set to a Friday at 17:00 only;
There are no other scheduled tasks for the night/early morning;
The power leads are all safety tested and plugged in good and tight;

I'll try shutting down all software before I do it, but that really defeats the object of the time saving standby. I might as well restart the computer if I'm going to spend time starting up all the software.

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[JonCMiles]

Do you have a network or modem plugged in?
In some systems the setup is to boot on any activity on the system bus, even reboot with a small movement of the mouse.

On a laptop I use, you must unplug the mouse to put it in standby to move it, or else it may move and turn it on.
You might try this as a method of keeping the computer from coming on inadvertantly at inoportune times.

 

[dompros]

Turn the mouse upside down on it's pad, this will stop any mouse movement...

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