Re: stopping mouse from bringing computer out of sleep

Ty wrote:

Hi, is there any way to stop the mouse waking the computer? I'd like to be able to only use the keyboard to wake the computer! Hope someone can help, thanks!

Make that change in Device Manager. Right click on My Computer, left click on Properties, Hardware Tab, Device Manager. Expand the Mice and other pointing devices category and double click on the mouse. On the
Power Management tab untic the box "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby". Ok out
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Rock
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