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Win7 x64 on notebook - two unresolved issues
I just 'upgraded' my notebook to Win7 x64. 'Upgrade' is in quotes since I actually wiped the drive and started fresh. There are two issues that I have not been able to resolve - please offer comments/suggestions:
Issue 1 (major): The screen will not blank/the computer will not automatically go into standby mode.
I currently have the power option set to blank the screen after one minute of inactivity. After one minute, the screen blanks, but immediately unblanks. The system is also supposed to go into standby after 20 minutes, but this does not happen. However, when I close the lid, the system does go into standby. I have looked at the running processes and none jump out at me as being the cause. (I can post the list if that would help.)
Issue 2 (minor): There is a directory c:\boot with lots of files which cannot be deleted.
I find it hard to believe that these files are truly needed as my desktop machine does not have this directory and the same installation DVD was used. (For that matter, there are some OS-related processes running on the notebook which are not running on the desktop, e.g., sppsvc.exe, unsecapp.exe, which seems odd.)
Anyway, suggestions for dealing with these matters would be appreciated.