Stand By in Windows XP

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Whenever I try to put my computer (Dell Dimension 9000 desktop) in stand by
mode manually, it prepares for standby, then goes in stand by (black sreen,
monitor contol lights go off) for a second or two, and then it turnes on
again and shows the " to begin, click your user name" screen again.
What can I do?

Thans very much!

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Thanks Alias, but that didn't help. Tried it three times, same problem.

Jochen

"Alias" wrote:

> Do you have an optical mouse? Maybe it's moving. Try turning it over.
>
> Alias
>
> "Jochen_E" <JochenE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>
> > Whenever I try to put my computer (Dell Dimension 9000 desktop) in stand
> > by
> > mode manually, it prepares for standby, then goes in stand by (black
> > sreen,
> > monitor contol lights go off) for a second or two, and then it turnes on
> > again and shows the " to begin, click your user name" screen again.
> > What can I do?
> >
> > Thans very much!
>
>
>

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Unfortunately, my Windows skills are not sufficient to distinguish between
an essential and a non essential process. Could you provide me with some
additional information?

"bxf" wrote:

> You probably have something running in the background that's preventing
> Standby. Do you have an active connection? A TV REMOTE process?
>
> Go into Task Manager and have a look at Applications as well as
> Processes, and you may be able to identify something running that is
> not an essential function and/or something that you did not have
> before. Try to terminate this function and see if Standby works. Note
> that if you inadvertantly terminate an essential process, you will
> probbaly have to reboot.
>
>