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Laptop not sleeping, system restore not working
Hi,
My laptop quit sleeping a few days ago and I'm not sure what caused it. I've done like 3 things in the past few days- installed Skype 5.0, installed an Adobe Reader update, and there was a Windows critical update. I think it would have been Skype which did something that somehow screwed up the sleep function since it seemed to be pretty intrusive as to what all it wanted to do when installed, but I don't know exactly what. I did select for Skype to not start when the computer starts so I don't know what it could be doing if it is Skype.
Also, I've tried doing System Restore and it doesn't work; it says that antivirus stops it from working but I tried disabling Avast and Zone Alarm and it still doesn't work. I've got Superantispyware, spybot S&D and Spyware Blaster, but none of those scan in realtime unless I'm mistaken so I don't know what would be keeping system restore from working.
Should I try system restore in safe mode? Should I just do a recovery? Never done a recovery but I don't have a lot of programs installed on my computer so it shouldn't be that much of a pain as opposed to a full reinstall.
Thanks a bunch for any help.