Help-My Toshiba satellite laptop switches on alone !


  1. Posts : 6
    windows 7
       #1

    Help-My Toshiba satellite laptop switches on alone !


    Hi,

    I have a 2 months old Toshiba Satellite laptop with windows 7. I tend to leave it plugged into the power socket when I leave home, when I return I find it started up !!!

    It is just doing nothing, I just can see the adobe acrobat baloon asking me to install an update in the taskbar.

    This happened twice. I have the wake up modem options disabled in the BIOS setting.

    Any recommendations to why this is occuring?
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  2. Posts : 1,506
    W7 Ult. x64 | OS X
       #2

    You may wish to go into your power configuration settings and turn off other Wake On... settings.

    Go into device manager and go through your various network components and any other devices you don't wish to be able to wake your computer (hard drive, etc). Leave your keyboard & mouse on unless you wish to use the power button to wake.

    Start > Control Panel (All Items) > Device Manager

    Right Click Each Item, Click Properties

    Go to the Power Management Tab & Turn off "Allow this device to wake the computer"

    From what I can tell, it looks like your ethernet/wireless is detecting an incoming/outgoing connection and waking itself in order to deal w/ that connection. If you want a simpler solution, just turn off automatic updates in Adobe & whatever else tends to wake your computer.
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