Re: New install: PC won't go into Sleep mode

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JohnWillsteed wrote:
My PC won't go into Sleep or Hibernate mode.

If I go to Turn Off and click Stand By, I get a black screen, I
hear the HDD/s switching off, but the fans are still going.

After about 15 seconds I get a blue screen, and then the 'account
welcome screen'... 'To begin click your user name'. There is only
one, 'John' indicated as logged on.

If I click Start I get an option to Log-off, If I click that I get
a box with 'Log-off Windows' and options of 'Switch user' and
'log-off...

And so on, it goes around in circles. It seem to think there is
another account logged on (I've previously had warnings re:
another ative user might lose data), and I seem to have no way of
seeing what else it thinks is logged on, or how to switch it off.
When I had the reinstall the engineers did create a new account
'John'. Previously the PC recognised 'JohnWillsteed' as the admin,
and I had none of this accounts/logging in procedure, i.e. it
booted right up without going through this step.

The upshot is that my PC will not go into Sleep or Hibernate mode.
And so when I leave my PC, I am faced with having to shut
everything down which is a real pain particularly if I am involved
in something using multi-windows and complex, and only away for an
hour or two

Did you go to the manufacturer(s) website(s) and download and install the
latest drivers for your system?

- Motherboard chipset
- Video device
- Network device
- Sound device

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