7 professional with no sleep?


  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Professional 32bit
       #1

    7 professional with no sleep?


    i inherited a laptop from my wife, which in itself is great. its an older HP compaq, which someone (she bought it used) has installed Windows 7 professional on. anyway, she basicly used it for e-mail and face book. and not much else. i use it for a lot more things, and i am on and off it all day. the problem is there is no way to put this machine to sleep. i have to shut it down after every use, or leave it run all day long. neither of which i am a fan of. i have done all the normal things, tried to set up sleep in the power settings, i even changed the power plan, and i have gone into the advance settings in the power plan. there is no place where i can turn on sleep in the advanced settings. only two check boxes that will enable the computer to be woken up on timers. which in itself seems very odd. i did check the boxes in hopes that mayb it would open a spot where i could enable sleep. but it did not. i also let the computer run all day to see if it ever went to sleep by itself, which i did not. i am lost. can anyone help me figure out what is going on?
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  2. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #2

    No option to close the lid and have it go to sleep ?

    It should be in there somewhere.
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  3. Posts : 6,330
    Multi-Boot W7_Pro_x64 W8.1_Pro_x64 W10_Pro_x64 +Linux_VMs +Chromium_VM
       #3

    Lets see what Sleep modes are supported in BIOS.

    Open an Elevated Command Prompt and create an Energy Report with this command:
    powercfg -energy

    Here is what you need to look at in your energy report.

    7 professional with no sleep?-sleepsupported.png

    Let us know what is supported, and you can add a screen print with these instructions:
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  4. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Professional 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    ok, i am not very computer literate like most of you guys are. i do not know what an elevated command prompt is, or how to do one.
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  5. Posts : 6,330
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       #5

    Instructions are in the Blue Link in post #3
    Elevated Command Prompt

    Or, do this:
    Type cmd in the Start orb Search field
    Right click on cmd.exe and click Run as administrator
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  6. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Professional 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    oh boy, i think i am opening a GIANT can of worms here. it did not show anything you had listed above. instead, it shows energy efficiency problems were found
    10 errors
    7 warnings
    15 informational

    see C:\Windows\system32\energy*report.html

    i right clicked on that, went down to find, typed it in, but nothing happened when i clicked find now, except a short little beep.
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  7. Posts : 6,330
    Multi-Boot W7_Pro_x64 W8.1_Pro_x64 W10_Pro_x64 +Linux_VMs +Chromium_VM
       #7

    If you upload your energy report I can look at it.
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  8. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Professional 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    i am really not sure how to get it. the " C:\Windows\system32\energy*report.html " goes nowhere that i can find. i tried typing it into the search box at the start up menu. though the html on the end seems like it should be an online address, (which i did try also). i appreciate the help. this is so far over my head its leaving a con trail.
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  9. Posts : 880
    Windows 7 Professional 64bit
       #9

    XWrench said:
    i am really not sure how to get it. the " C:\Windows\system32\energy*report.html " goes nowhere that i can find. i tried typing it into the search box at the start up menu. though the html on the end seems like it should be an online address, (which i did try also). i appreciate the help. this is so far over my head its leaving a con trail.
    The report is energy-report.html i.e. with a dash not with an asterisk as you've typed and it is found within C:\windows\system32. Go there and drag the file onto your desktop then double-click it. Your browser will open and the Sleep State info is about half-way down the report.

    If S3 and S4 are false then you likely need to reboot to the laptop's BIOS and look for an enabler in there.
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