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[Bigron]

Ok, not a life-threatrning problem, but very annoying nonetheless.
Until fairly recently, when I pressed the "Sleep" button on my keyboard (Microsof Internet Keyboard), my PC obliged by going to sleep but retaining all open documents.Suddenly, it went into a major sulk and strared to snooze and then stalled, giving thew message "Preparing to Standby" and going no further.
Any ideas from the I.T squad, please?

Ron.

[zirk]

Sleep and Stand By is pretty much the same thing Ron, did you mean Hibernation (Save to Disk then Power Off)

[Bigron]

No, not hibernation - I don't think? The keyboard button simply says "Sleep" and when it worked the PC made all of the usual closing-down noises, but retained all Data, so in the morning when I pressed the Mains "on" button, it returned to where I left it before we both went to bed!

Ron.

[zirk]

Difficult to say re the Keyboard could be a number of things, setting have changed etc, you can program the  "What happens when I press the Power Button" ie, Shut Down, Sleep/Stand By, Hinbinate etc, that would be my first call, in Setting Power Management or what ever is called this week, set to Sleep, then see if it work when you press the Button briefly, it will work or say something like something is preventing your machine to sleep etc. if it works then that will tell you its not a Sleep issue, but something to do with Keyboard, Drivers settings etc, if it doesn't work it may tell you why?

[Bigron]

Ok, I think I got that; I'll try it on something unimportant tomorrow.
Thanks, Zirk. 

Ron.

[zirk]

In win7 or 8 it will be in -  Control Panel / Hardware and Sound / Power Options / System Settings

In Win10, depending what ver you have it will be something like - Settings / System / Power and Sleep / Additional Power Settings

theres a "When I press the Power Button" for that Option, also check, there should be "When I Press the Sleep Button" so see what that is set to

[Bigron]

Yike, too posh for me! I have Windows XP.....

Ron.

[zirk]

Yike, too posh for me! I have Windows XP.....

Ron.

Should be in Control Panel similar to 7.

I wont bore about XP, as you've probably heard it all before, but you really need to address that as your open to all sorts of potential risks.   

[Bigron]

Yep, TB and others have kicked my arse made disparaging remarks about my OS! When fewer people stop making demands on my pension, I will upgrade.

Ron.

[ronnyd]

My brother in law installed Linux Mint for me a few weeks ago. So far, so good.

[Steve B]

Hit it with a hammer...then it will go to sleep...it works with the wife 

[Bigron]

It worked with the Mother-in-Law too - she never woke up! 

Ron.

[TheBoy]

Usual reason for not going to sleep is driver related, although apps can also stop it.

XP lacks some of the more advanced tools for tracing, but nobody is daft enough to use XP . Not sure its work wasting time on TBH.

Need to ascertain what sleep its going into:

S3/Suspend to RAM (STR) - faster to sleep and to wake, but power must not be removed from PC, as it needs to provide a small amount of power to keep the RAM refreshed
S1/Hibernate/Suspend to Disk - slower to sleep/wake, but power can be removed, as the volatile data is copied to the disk.

S3 is the hardest of the 2 for the PC to achieve, particularly on older machines running older software.


But, honestly, that PC needs replacing.  Don't you have a family member throwing out an older Win7 PC?  What spec if the PC, can't it be upgraded to a later OS?

[Bigron]

Don't beat about the bush, TB, come right out with it - you think my PC is outdated crap, right?
I WILL upgrade (honest!), when funds allow, but there are other priorities for my disposable income (pension) to consider first. 

Ron.

[dave the builder]

have a look in control panel , click system icon
what processor and how much memory does your abacus have ?
it may be up-gradable