Hello! I somehow got this to work on my older computer, but on my new one I fogrget what setting to use...  :-/  When I am away from the computer, I prefer to put it on standby... However, when I want the computer to wake up from standby, I HAVE to press the power button for it to wake up... I don't like that too much... On my older computer, all I would have to do is press a button on the keyboard or move the mouse and it would wake-up... Does anyone know how I can get this to work?

[glb]Flame[/glb]hi Flame,

i'm no expert, but i do have this currently configured on my computer. i have XP so i will tell you what my settings are.
control panel/performance & maintenance/power options

you can choose various times to:
turn off monitor
turn off hard drive
system standby
system hibernate (should say "never")

make sure your computer is not "HIBERNATING" i believe that may be your problem. it should just be on standby

LET me know if that worksThanks for the reply! Actually, I do not even have Hibernation enabled... Here's what setting sare enabled...

Turn off Monitor: After 1 Hour
Turn of Hard Disks: Never
System Standby: Never

When I press the power button: Shut down
When I press the sleep button: Shut down

Now... Above, you can see that I said never use standby... That's becuase I want to use standby manually, and not have the computer go on standby after a certain amount of time...

[glb]Flame[/glb]alright, sorry i couldn't help! my keyboard does not have that feature. good luck!Thanks anyway! Anyone else have an idea?

[glb]Flame[/glb]The settings should all read never. in power options you could click the standby tab in the shutdown MENU then the shift key+ the enter key on the keyboard......it will enter the standby  mode.on later pcs some can be adjusted in the bios setup.....and other HARDWARE can stop this process......mice/graphics cards.....?hhhmm... A tricky situation... Let me contact dell for some information on that... Thanks! I'll post the result...

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