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Sleep mode activated when PC not idle - why?
OK, I've read all about Win7 sleep mode and (think) I understand everything I've read.
What I have not seen in my research and do not understand is why my PC enters sleep mode when it is not idle!
For example, I start a disk backup to an external drive, close the lid on my laptop (yes, I have set the sleep setting "do nothing" when the lid is closed), and then leave the computer to "do it's thing". The backup normally takes at least 15 minutes to run. However, my Win7 enters sleep mode within minutes while the backup job is running. Why?
This same problem occurs no matter what program I'm running - backup, video conversion, defrag, etc etc.
It seems that if I'm not using the mouse or keyboard, sleep mode is activated no matter what is currently running on my PC.
Yes, I want to utilize the Win7 sleep mode feature. No, I don't want sleep mode activated while my computer is busy running a job!
Can a resident 7F guru enlighten me? What am I missing?
Thx, Rob