re: standby and hibernation settings
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at 8:31 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by LizMarr
(2 messages posted)
Couple of things. First, school districts usually have paid support options - contact
Dell, they often will have a solution.
Check the bios. My Dell has a bios setting for "allow software to manage" the power
saving. Some bios uses an non-common abreviation for power management, so you might
have to flip through it to find the right place. Check also the network and mouse
power management settings. Third, Dells often come with a cute little program called
"Dell Quickset". With my laptop, this was the only way I could set it so I could
close the lid when I had it connected to external keyboard and monitor. I also close
the lid when I leave it sitting for long periods. The default (without Quickset)
is to hybernate or shut down. Now, it stays running. Quickset can be used for several
power scenarios and sits in the tray. One that I use frequently is for Presentations
- neither the monitor or any other feature shuts down. It has options for battery
or not battery - even if your computer is not a laptop. You can define scenarios
to use. Below the quote is the link to Dell Quickset.
It's been a month since you posted, I hope that you got your lab running. I've spent
many years as a computer lab aid and understand where you are coming from.
On Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at 8:49 am, Gryf wrote:
>I've got the very same issue, and it's a HUGE annoyance. I run the computer lab
at
>an elementary school, and have to manage 26 Dell Optiplexes simultaneously. Yes,
>they do drop into screen saver mode, and then sleep mode, regardless of the Windows
>power management settings. Evidently this is programmed into the Dell BIOS, and
so
>far I've found no way to change it. This is highly inconvenient for me, because
I
>like to have all 24 student computers up when classes arrive, ready for the kids
>to log in. But no, the things go into standby anyway, and I have to walk around
the
>room hitting 24 space bars to wake them up just so the kids don't have to. I manually
>log in all the machines for grades K-2, and even when logged in, they go into sleep
>mode, so the kids arrive to a roomful of black screens unless I make the rounds
and
>hit 24 space bars to wake the things up. Note too that when they're sleeping, I
can't
>access them using Remote Desktop. It's a major pain to deal with this every day!!
>
>
>
Link to Dell Quickset download:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R97343&SystemID=LAT_PNT_PM_D600&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=2861&devlib=0&typecnt=1&vercnt=6&formatcnt=1&fileid=126191
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