Re: Laptop asks for password before hibernating...bad

Fr@nk wrote:
> "Quaoar" <quaoar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>
>> If you put that exact error message into Google there are quite a
>> number of references. Unfortunately, they seem to be for arcane
>> issues that only you will be able to diagnose.
>>
>> Is there a BIOS setting for the password that activates it when
>> resuming from different sleep states that might be set for
>> activation from standby? How about the low battery alarms and
>> shutdowns you have set in power management that might be activating
>> during standby? Standby is a power consuming state and if the
>> battery life has decreased one of the low battery settings might be
>> the culprit when in standby. Otherwise, I'm mystified (which is not
>> all that unusual).
>>
>> Q
>>
>
> I looked that those links, but nothing really came close to talking
> about what's going on with my computer. I did several different (too
> bad you have to search them this way) searches of Dell's online
> forums (I did say this is a Dell notebook, didn't I?), and finally
> saw several other posts describing this behavior:
>
> Password-protect the BIOS ---> Automatically go into Standby --->
> Machine prompts for BIOS password before going from Standby to
> Hibernate.
> Note, I can go directly into Hibernate automatically just fine. But
> something's "getting in the way" when the machine halfway wakes up
> from Standby to make the transition to Hibernate. It's obviously a
> known issue with Dell's BIOS, as evidenced by the number of posts I
> saw. Dell either said "we're working on it" or (get this) "this is
> intended"!!
> The real bummer is that my computer used to do this correctly up
> until a few days ago!! It was after I uninstalled Dell's QuickSet
> utility (after a Dell tech said it was OK to do so) that I noticed
> the computer would no longer go into Hibernate without prompting for
> the password...or in other words, would fail to go into Hibernate
> unattended. I have since reinstalled QuickSet, but it hasn't fixed
> it. Could QuickSet have messed with Windows power management files,
> or is the issue above more at the BIOS level?
> Anyway, thanks for the ideas. Keep 'em coming.
>
>
> Fr@nk

So disable quickset in msconfig, reboot, and see if that helps.
Quickset does have some power management functions as I read; not using
Dell's I'm not familiar with all of its uses.

There could be a security implication for the password being called when
the machine wakes from standby, similar to users wanting a password call
when the screensaver terminates to prevent unauthorized access. Waking
from hybernation will also call for a password since it goes through the
boot sequence where you would want a password call. So there is logic
to what you are finding.

If the Dell forums haven't a solution (provided that Quickset isn't the
problem and it cannot be disabled if it is), then there likely is not a
solution. This behavior might be a registry switch, if you could find
it.

Q


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