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i have a laptop, and the settings are set so that NOTHING ever happens.. like after x minutes, it doesn't go on standby or shut down or the monitor doesn't turn off. except, when i close the lid of my laptop for a few hours, it automatically goes on standby. and i know it's on standby and not shut off because there's a little green light on my laptop that is still on when i open the screen and it makes regular laptop noises that it doesn't make when it's shut off. even if i move the mouse or press keys, the monitor doesn't turn back on, and i have to hold down the power button to shut it off and restart it.. EVERY TIME. and that's really bad for my laptop cause you're supposed to go to start -> shutdown. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE OFFER SOME ADVICE on how to fix this? i can't just leave the lid up all the time. i like keep it down when i'm away from the computer, but when i come back to it, i want all my windows still open like i left it.
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Go to start, run. Type:
regedit
Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServices
Click "services" so that it is selected. Then go to edit, new, key. Name the key "usb", without quotes. Select the newly-created "usb" key and go to edit, new, DWORD. Name the new DWORD "USBBIOSx", without quotes, case-sensitive. Restart your computer. The power managment tab should now appear using the method described below.
If the above method does not work, I recommend you remove the key and DWORD you just created, since it could cause trouble. Then try the other tips I gave. If those don't work:
-You can contact me at theymos@gmail.com
-You can get support from people more knowledgeable than myself at protonic.com, annoyances.org, and techguy.org
-You can contact the manufacturer
Good luck!
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Go to start, run. Type:
devmgmt.msc
In the window that comes up, expand "keyboards". Follow this procedure for each item in the "keyboards" catagory:
-Double-click the item.
-Go to the "power management" tab
-Check the box labeled "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby"
-Click ok
This should take effect after you restart the computer. Then, when you press any key on the keyboard, it should bring your computer out of standby.
If that doesn't work, try pressing the power button once, very quickly. Also check to see if there is a standby button near the keyboard; it has a crescent moon symbol. Pressing the small button the top half of the laptop hits when closed may also bring it out of standby; that button sometimes sticks.
If none of that works, contact the manufacturer. That isn't normal behavior.
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