Posted on 12/31/2015 10:42:45 AM PST by Bob434
Ok got something weird happening, and I'm at a loss what it could be- been researching for days now- thought I had the answer, but today the problem came back again
I use windows 7 Hybrid Sleep, instead of shutting down- and for years it's worked fine- no issues-
As of recently, I'll put the computer into sleep mode, everything does what it's supposed to- computer powers down- tower power button light goes to yellow like it's supposed to and the light on the front of the tower goes out (The HP symbol lights up when tower is working- then off when in sleep mode), and after 20 minutes or so I'll hear the fans spin up in the tower, the power button will turn blue again indicating the machine has awakened, the HP logo will light up, but the monitor is still in sleep mode
This will last awhile, then it will go back into sleep mode- all lights off, fans power down etc-
I do not have automatic updates on and none of my software or programs like flash, adobe, java etc are set to autoupdate, so these can't be the culprit
I turned off network "Wake the computer when...." setting, and all my sleep settings are set to 'never'
Any ideas?
Skynet and the NWO.
I think somewhere that we were going to have a solar shower today.
My GPS wouldn’t work for a while this morning.
Good luck.
Something in there, run malware bytes.
Sleep mode is evil. Turn all your energystar crap off. Cycling the power like sleep mode does is worse for product longevity than leaving it powered 24/7.
Besides, the $20 a year you’ll spend on added electricity is worth it to piss off liberals.
The computer I am writing this on had to get a new hard drive back in September when it got hijacked by a botnet. It was doing much the same kind of thing you’re talking about here with turning on but not having the monitor on and etc. If we disconnected it from the net it would not turn on at all, but if it was connected it would turn on about 20 minutes after we’d turn it off.
Now we unplug the machine from the router when we’re not going to use it for a while.
Turn off update at a specific time and date and change to update in background when connected/allow me to update manually
...or a refurbished Cray.
Check your BIOS configuration for something like "Wake on LAN". There might be a similar setting for USB activity. If there is, make sure they are turned off (unless you actually need that functionality).
I have had the same for a year or so.
I put my Gateway desktop in sleep mode at night. Some times it stays asleep, and sometimes, the next morning, it is awake but the monitor is off.
I have also had the same happen to my Dell laptop.
I just figure it is NSA gathering up all of my daily computing activities.
Sometimes, the modem/router lights are flashing at a rapid pace.
I do have Win7 update turned OFF. Occasionally, my desktop computer will act strange when I awaken it. Sometimes, I have to run System Restore. I notice with System Restore that Windows had recent installed ‘critical updates’ even though updates are turned off. I restore to a previous date (a day or so earlier) and the computer returns to its normal operating style.
D’oh! I see that you already did that. Never mind!
Maybe the computer had to wake up to go pee during its sleep. It happens in older life forms.
Well that’s what I was wondering- I did run Norton’s nothing showed up- worst comes to worst I do run rollbackRX and can do a revert to months ago- years even- but I’m wodnerign if it’s malware or a hardware issue- soemthign physical causing it-
May it serve you well.
I see that you already did that, and I see that my prior response was addressed to me and not to you.
[[If we disconnected it from the net it would not turn on at all, but if it was connected it would turn on about 20 minutes after we’d turn it off.]]
Thanks Megan- that’s a good suggestion- I’ll try that and see if it still happens- if not then I’ve got the answer likely-
[[The computer I am writing this on had to get a new hard drive back in September when it got hijacked by a botnet.]]
This is why I run rollbackRX- I can do a revert to a time before any malware or virus or whatever happens-
I don’t have autoupdates enabled-
You should explain this better, but number 7 is your answer.
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