John Williamson wrote:
> Sjeef wrote:
>> "John Sisker" <jsisker@sprynet.com> schreef in bericht
>> news:R_qdnXFtINhGk-DVnZ2dnUVZ_sHinZ2d@earthlink.com...
>>> I have a Toshiba laptop using Windows Vista. For some reason, both
>>> Sleep and Hibernate, while still working, will take
>>> themselves out of that mode every 10 to 60 minutes. It never did
>>> that before. What happened and how do I fix?
>>>
>>> John
>>
>>
>> My Toshiba P300 with a Phoenix BIOS and Vista Home Premium did the
>> same. After shutdown it took some 15 minutes to start again
>> automatically. After downgrading to Windows XP Pro the laptop does
>> the same. Only if I remove the netcable after shutdown the laptop stays
>> terminated. So I'm also very interested in solving this phenomenon.
>>
> That one's easy. You've probably got "Wake on LAN" enabled.
>
> In Control Panel, go to Toshiba HW setup, then the LAN tab, & disable
> "Wake on LAN".
>
> Depending on what else is on the network, something may be pinging all
> the adaptors every so often, which will wake the machine to see what's
> going on. If the OP has his machine connected to a network while
> hibernated, that may also be the cause of his problem.

Thanks John for the suggestion, it worked but the method is a little bit too 
rigoreus.
Because the internetconnection is no longer there anymore.

And about my mention of a netcable I'm sorry for the confusion.
By netcable I meant the cable to the powersupply (The elecetrical 230 V 
net).

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Gerard Schaefers

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