Pc Keeps Turning Off...

[daunting]

I have my Pc set to go on standby when not in use but lately when i try to go back on it won't let me and i have to turn Pc off and then back on again - and it takes ages to load so i am getting very frustrated
Any ideas anyone

[Whistler]

this is something that seems to happen when you use standby mode or hibernate mode.  It is something that you have to go through the energy saver modes and customise the settings there.

[Kim]

Mine was doing this recently, have you done a virus scan ?

[daunting]

Yes - it didn't solve it though.
Have given up now and taken the standby off which means my Pc is on all the time now - which i don't like doing.

[Gilly]

Don't you just tuirn it off when you've finished??? I switch mine off every night.

[ReadingSteve]

I've never had any success with the Hibernate or standby modes. Dunno why. Suspect this is something that could be researched on Microsoft Technet and other online sources, but it's a Windows feature that really doesn't seem to work "out of the box"

[daunting]

Gill - leave mine on all the time ::   Just like it hibernate when i am not on it  

Steve - it worked fine up until a few days ago, never had a problem before and can't seem to fix it.

[ReadingSteve]

If it worked before, can you pinpoint any changes you may have made to the system that might be related? Any new software or hardware added?

Sorry this really isn't one of my areas of expertise - like I said it's not a feature I've ever had much success with.

Maybe worthwhile doing some digging at Microsoft Knowledge Base but not sure how far you'll get.

[daunting]

Haven't made any changes it just stopped working.
Have never had much luck with my Pc - sound card has disappeared off it too - nowhere to be found, can't even blame the kids for losing it

[sweetie]

i,ve worked out why mine crashes,,it,s our phone,whenever it rings and we pick it up,we lose the connection on the pc,,think we have our phone line connected up wrong

[ReadingSteve]

i,ve worked out why mine crashes,,it,s our phone,whenever it rings and we pick it up,we lose the connection on the pc,,think we have our phone line connected up wrong

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Hi Ziggy,  You don't mention, but I'm guessing from this that you have Broadband (ADSL)?  If so, this could mean that you're missing the little ADSL filters that should be installed to separate the phone signals from the PC traffic.  If you're not sure, it maybe worthwhile speaking to the tech support for your ISP (broadband supplier)

[Gilly]

Donna, I hope you've got a power surge socker fitted to your PC then.
On  another note if you are running XP and have MSN Messenger you can invite someone more experienced to log on and hellp, like remote support. I spent 2 nights a  couple of weeks ago doing this for my sisters friend as she had porn pop-ups and allsorts on hers, including a lost sound card, which I did find.

[daunting]

Thanks Gilly i'll try that - would love to have sound card back

Have to fight kids off MSN messenger to get on here