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Solve Windows Sleep Problems

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 – running time 01:08
Is your mouse interfering with your computer's sleep?

Sleep mode is great, it saves power and money, but still lets you hop right on without waiting for boot up. But it always seems like some monster keeps waking my computers up in the middle of the night. Turns out it’s not a monster, it’s a mouse!

Your mouse can wreak havoc with your computer’s sleep cycles. Find out how to manage your mouse, and ensure your PC has a nice, deep sleep – that only you can wake. This tip will save you money, and give you peace of mind too.

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Highlights
Windows Vista ( 0:47, 0:47 ) Tekzilla ( 0:52, 0:55, 0:52, 0:55 ) Veronica Belmont ( 0:09, 0:09 ) mouse ( 0:18, 0:31, 0:42, 0:43, 0:18, 0:31, 0:42, 0:43 ) Windows Vista ( 0:47, 0:47 ) Tekzilla ( 0:52, 0:55, 0:52, 0:55 ) Veronica Belmont ( 0:09, 0:09 ) mouse ( 0:18, 0:31, 0:42, 0:43, 0:18, 0:31, 0:42, 0:43 )

Automatically Generated Transcript(may not be 100% accurate) ( more )

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" Hey everyone welcome to -- daily I'm Veronica Belmont. Today's just so they -- you're Bryant he writes I'm not using my laptop like close a lit putting in standby and but the wireless mouse tends to get moves by accident which takes my laptop out of standby which I cannot stand. I found a quick fix in windows XP go to the control panel and navigate to melts and select the hardware tab. Highlight the mouse and hit properties and choose the power management tab and unchecked allow this device to bring the computer out of standby problems solved. They try. Now remember -- only applies if you're using an external mouse if your mouse around the track pad you'll have to bother finally FYI this tip works in Windows Vista as well. Got to press a -- the rest of the TC -- just email us at Tekzilla revision3.com. And is always Tekzilla dot com -- place to find more tips tricks product reviews have to use."

" Wow."

" Hey everyone welcome to -- daily I'm Veronica Belmont. Today's just so they -- you're Bryant he writes I'm not using my laptop like close a lit putting in standby and but the wireless mouse tends to get moves by accident which takes my laptop out of standby which I cannot stand. I found a quick fix in windows XP go to the control panel and navigate to melts and select the hardware tab. Highlight the mouse and hit properties and choose the power management tab and unchecked allow this device to bring the computer out of standby problems solved. They try. Now remember -- only applies if you're using an external mouse if your mouse around the track pad you'll have to bother finally FYI this tip works in Windows Vista as well. Got to press a -- the rest of the TC -- just email us at Tekzilla revision3.com. And is always Tekzilla dot com -- place to find more tips tricks product reviews have to use."