Re: Laptop asks for password before hibernating...bad
- From: "Quaoar" <quaoar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 06:19:10 -0700
Fr@nk wrote:
> Hi. I have a Dell i9300 notebook, and have a new hibernation problem.
> I have a System password set in the BIOS, and I have Power Management
> set (when running on battery power) to automatically go into
> Standby....then Hibernation after two hours. For the last few months,
> it's worked great. If I leave the computer for a few hours, it
> automatically drops into standby, and after two more hours,
> automatically drops into Hibernate mode. This is intended and good,
> since I wouldn't want it to remain on Standby indefinitely while
> running on batteries.
> But about a day or two ago, I noticed it wouldn't go into Hibernate by
> itself. I'd leave it alone for a few hours (again, running on
> batteries), come back, and it'd still be on Standby, with the power
> light pulsating. Dang.
>
> I finally noticed when it's time for it to go from Standby to
> Hibernate, it now brings up the usual "Enter system password:" prompt
> I see if I wake it up myself, before going into Hibernate. Since I'm
> not around, it dismisses the prompt, and goes back to Standby.
>
> In case this sounds confusing, here's the sequence now:
>
> 1) Computer automatically goes into standby after 10 minutes
> 2) Computer automatically "wakes up" after 2 hours, to prepare to
> Hibernate 3) Computer asks for the System password, because it's
> waking up (I guess) 4) If I'm not there, computer goes back into
> Standby
> What it used to be was:
>
> 1) Computer automatically goes into standby after 10 minutes
> 2) Computer automatically "wakes up" after 2 hours, to prepare to
> Hibernate 3) Computer automatically goes into Hibernate mode
>
> If I clear the BIOS password, it behaves fine, like the latter example
> above. So for some reason, Windows (XP SP2) feels it has to
> completely "wake up" the computer in order to hibernate, and it
> didn't seem to have to do this before. I do have the newest BIOS.
> Anyone know what could be going on? Thanks.
>
>
> Fr@nk
I think this might be a system error that is rebooting the laptop at
some point in the standby-to-hibernation sequence. Disable restart on
error in System Properties, Advanced tab, Startup and Recovery\Settings
button, System Failure - uncheck Automatically restart, check Write an
event to the system log.
In any case, check the Event Viewer logs for an error state during the
sequence.
Q
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