Windows 7 - Unstable After Sleep

**jamesvdm** · 01-19-2009

Is anyone else having problems with stability after waking from sleep?

Issues experienced -

application buttons unresponsive
taskbar button unresponsive
program crashes
explorer will not restart after being killed with task manager

So far my troubleshooting has just been to close all open programs before going into sleep, but that had no positive effect.

Gilbertpwns · 01-19-2009

Actually its a pretty common issue. Ever since Vista the sleep functionality hasn't been working for me either.

**jamesvdm** · 01-19-2009

well vista always had problems going to sleep and waking from sleep, but in those cases it just wouldnt sleep or wouldnt wake up. in this case it's unstable when it does wake up, which i haven't had before

Gilbertpwns · 01-19-2009

Probably stems from the same problem though.

wosully · 01-19-2009

I have had sleep issues only with virtual pc 2007 installed: my NIC would not reconnect. So far, I am not having any issues at all without virtual pc installed. Sleep works on 7 and worked for years on Vista.

Gilbertpwns · 01-19-2009

On both my Pc's with vista, they would never awake from sleep.

Scooter70 · 01-20-2009

Mine doesn't like waking up from sleep either. I came in here hoping to find an answer.

**hethoofd** · 01-20-2009

I have a different problem, which I already sent some feedback on.

I set my laptop to do nothing when I close the lid. It will only turn off the screen, which is fine. After a while, Windows decides that my laptop should sleep, while the lid is still closed. When I open the lid again my laptop won't wake up from sleep. I have to completely reboot to use it again.

**jamesvdm** · 01-20-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Scooter70

Mine doesn't like waking up from sleep either. I came in here hoping to find an answer.

what hardware are you running?

seeing as instability after sleep isn't a huge issue on the forum, i guess it's something non standard that i/we are running.

my stuff:

win 7 64 bit upgraded from win vista 64 ultimate
lenovo t61 laptop

hardware i consider non-standard:

bluetooth
mobile graphics card nvidia nvs140m overclocked with ntune
fingerprint scanner
ricoh sd card reader
TPM device

if anyone with similar problems has similar hardware please post it up.

note: a failsafe way for me to freeze my laptop after waking from sleep is right clicking on Computer in the start menu

**jamesvdm** · 01-21-2009

i've just done a fresh install of 7 and am no longer having problems with sleep.