My laptop wont stop going to sleep...

OldDevlin · 11 Jul 2008 at 19:18

Hi, I've got a Medion laptop running Vista, less than a year old, and it's suddenly developed a habit of going to sleep 5-10 minutes after i leave it.

I've tried the power settings, set them so that it should never sleep, but it's not doing the trick.

Also, it requires my password upon waking, and yet I've made sure to tick the box in Power Options that stops the password from being required.

Help...I'm at a loss...

beermonster · 11 Jul 2008 at 21:35

if its never done it before just use system restore to a date back when it didnt do it.

yak.h'cir · 12 Jul 2008 at 01:20

You've definitely checked all the power options, i.e the separate ones for when running on the battery and plugged in.

If you have then i'd go for the system restore as suggested.

OldDevlin · 16 Jul 2008 at 10:57

Unfortunately I've not got any restore points (not a techy kinda guy), so I'm at a bit of a loss now.

beermonster · 16 Jul 2008 at 11:51

what about screen saver it that set to never/none, there is usually a 3rd party power management try these settings also.

OldDevlin · 17 Jul 2008 at 16:59

Looks like the screensaver was the culprit. Never even thought of that.

Thanks for solving the problem, it wasn't a big deal, but it was an annoyance

beermonster · 17 Jul 2008 at 18:40

it was the asking for a password that made me think screen saver, glad you're sorted.