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Windows 7 - my laptop starts automatically!!!!!!!!!! |
06-23-2011
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#1 | | windows 7 home premium 64bit |
my laptop starts automatically!!!!!!!!!! i have a dell xps 14 with win 7 home premium. it automatically starts at 4 am every saturday sunday and tuesday. i have tried my bios setting but couldn,t find any power settings. if any one has any suggestions please reply.
| My System Specs | | OS windows 7 home premium 64bit |
06-23-2011
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#2 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
Do you have a virus scan or disk defragment scheduled for that time? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Me OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU AMD Bulldozer FX-8 8120 Black Edition @ 3.4GHz Motherboard Asus Crosshair V Formula 990FX Memory Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB GDDR5 Sound Card Sound Blaster X-Fi 2 MB 2 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster SA350 22" LED HDMI Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Microsoft Wireless 3000 Mouse Microsoft Wireless 3000 PSU Corsair Professional Series Gold AX1200 (1200Watts) Case Antec 1200 Ultimate Gaming Case Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda SATA II 500GB 16MB Cache 7200.12 Internet Speed Upto 40Mb/s Fibre Optic Broadband |
06-23-2011
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Do you shut it down, or do you hibernate/sleep your laptop? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Pugh Technologies OS W7 Professional x64 CPU AMD Athlon II X3 445 Rana 3.10 GHz Motherboard MSI 870A-G54 Memory PNY XLR DDR3 1600 4x2GB Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 (fermi) 1GB GDDR5 Sound Card Realtek ALC892 onboard Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VE205t, Viewsonic VX2035WM Screen Resolution 1600x900, 1600x1050 Keyboard Logitec 55 Mouse Razer Deathadder PSU Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Case ThermalTake Armor A90 Mid Tower Cooling 3x 120mm in, 1x 120mm & 200mm out, self built hydro-cooler Hard Drives 977GB Hitachi Hitachi HDS721010CLA332
244GB Western Digital WDC WD2500AAJS-65B4A0
488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAJS-00A8B0
488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKS-00UU3A0 Internet Speed 20 Mbps D/L, 9 Mbps U/L |
06-23-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by ashish539 i have a dell xps 14 with win 7 home premium. it automatically starts at 4 am every saturday sunday and tuesday. i have tried my bios setting but couldn,t find any power settings. if any one has any suggestions please reply. The PC is turned off? and not waking from sleep or hibernate?
Interim I would suggest disconnecting the power supply when it is off. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Something I threw together OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Intel Core i7-2600K Motherboard Asus P8P67 Memory 16 GB G Skill F3-10666 CL9D-4GBRL Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 6870 Sound Card ATI Radeon HDMI / Realtek ALC892 Monitor(s) Displays 2 x 22" standard monitors / LG32LC56v TV to watch films Screen Resolution 1920 x1080 Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 Mouse Hama M3110 / Logitech M305 PSU Thermaltake Toughpower Cable Management 750W Case Antec 300 Cooling Noctua NH-U12P SE2 and 5 120mm Case fans Hard Drives 2 x OCZ Vertex2 111.79GB
3 x Samsung103SJ
1 x Samsung103UJ
1 x WD3200BEVT
1 x Hitachi5K320-160 Internet Speed 16000 Other Info I have also used Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu Linux
And all other Windows from 95 to date except ME |
06-23-2011
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#5 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite 495UK OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit CPU Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz Motherboard MSI 2A9C (CPU1) Memory 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays HP2310i Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard Mouse Logitech Wireless M180 mouse PSU 460W Case HP Elite Cooling Air cooled Hard Drives 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage Internet Speed 2Mb Other Info Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop |
06-23-2011
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#6 | | Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) |
I've had this issue and it appears it was Windows Update, although I never heard of it doing that, it seems it was. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer/EG43M OS Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33 GHz Motherboard Acer Memory 8 GB DDR3 Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4670 Sound Card C-Media Audio Controller / Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 2053BW Hard Drives 1TB |
06-24-2011
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#7 | | windows 7 home premium 64bit |

Quote: Originally Posted by LiquidSnak Do you shut it down, or do you hibernate/sleep your laptop? i shut it down completely | My System Specs | | OS windows 7 home premium 64bit |
06-24-2011
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#8 | | windows 7 home premium 64bit |

Quote: Originally Posted by Sean1082 I've had this issue and it appears it was Windows Update, although I never heard of it doing that, it seems it was. no my windows update,virus scan, defragment are not scheduled. and i have also tried without plugging my power supply. | My System Specs | | OS windows 7 home premium 64bit |
06-24-2011
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1. Left Click on the power icon at the bottom right of your start bar
2. Click on "More Power Options" (or just search for "power options" on your start bar)
3. Click on "Change plan settings" on either Balanced or Power Saver (depending on which one you use)
4. Click on "Change advanced power settings"
5. Once your Power options panel opens, scroll down and select "Sleep"
6. Click on "Allow Wake Timers" and then click on "Enable" and scroll down to select it as "Disable" | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Pugh Technologies OS W7 Professional x64 CPU AMD Athlon II X3 445 Rana 3.10 GHz Motherboard MSI 870A-G54 Memory PNY XLR DDR3 1600 4x2GB Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 (fermi) 1GB GDDR5 Sound Card Realtek ALC892 onboard Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VE205t, Viewsonic VX2035WM Screen Resolution 1600x900, 1600x1050 Keyboard Logitec 55 Mouse Razer Deathadder PSU Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Case ThermalTake Armor A90 Mid Tower Cooling 3x 120mm in, 1x 120mm & 200mm out, self built hydro-cooler Hard Drives 977GB Hitachi Hitachi HDS721010CLA332
244GB Western Digital WDC WD2500AAJS-65B4A0
488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAJS-00A8B0
488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKS-00UU3A0 Internet Speed 20 Mbps D/L, 9 Mbps U/L |
06-24-2011
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I would set something up to track network activity. Maybe something is trying to send stats home. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Media Center OS Windows 7 32 bit CPU AMD 5200+ dual core Memory 2 GB Graphics Card NVidia GeForce 6150SE 128 MB Monitor(s) Displays CRT Screen Resolution 1280x1024 Hard Drives 500 GB Sata internal :
SIIG USB 3.0 docking stations w/WD Caviar Black 6 Gb/s drives Other Info SIIG USB 3.0 PCIexpress card. my laptop starts automatically!!!!!!!!!! problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:59 AM. |  |