computer wont stay on standby

[jeffrychuck1161 0]

When my computer goes on standby, it will only stay asleep for a couple minutes or so, then starts back up. If I turn off the DSL it will stay asleep. It is a HP computer, running XP. Any ideas ? Thanks

[Relic 0]

Have you tried shutting down your email program before going on standby? Could be that everytime it checks your email, your computer wakes up because you access the net.

[jeffrychuck1161 0]

yes, email is off.

[Relic 0]

Try the 3 finger salute, ctrl+alt+del and see what you have running in the background, possibly you have a program that updates at regular intervals.

 

You are running an AVP, right?

[Wilhelmus 1]

Look your BIOS for 'wake up on lan' / WOL / Wake on LAN or similar and try disabling it.

[American Zombie 0]

You can also go into device manager > network adapter > properties > power management tab > uncheck "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby".

[bchilly 0]

I had a similar problem with my computer bringing itself out of hibernation after a few hours which was particularly annoying in the middle of the night as it is incredibly noisy! It doesn't have an internet connection and I never found out what it was.