Please forgive but I do not know computer lingo or much about computers at all, so be gentle.
My problem is this: When I put my computer to sleep sometimes it will wake up on its own and there is no one in the room. If it is still off when I come into the room it will turn when I turn on a small fan I have next to my desk. I do not touch anything on the computer when I do this. What's causing this? Thanks.
chances are this is caused by your mouse. a small movement even from the vibrarion of a fan can cause it to move.
heres a guide to stop mouse movement from waking your pc:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15132...ws-7-computer/
option 2 is just to turn your mouse over!
I really don't think it's the mouse because it is not anywhere near the fans air. Then too, the computer wakes AS SOON AS I turn on the fan, as if it's a electrical power type of reaction. The computer and the fan are connected to the same plug but on different surge protectors. It doesn't happen when I turn on the light which is using the same surge protector as the fan.
Welcome to SevenForums,
You might want to look at this:
List of Available Hotfix for Windows 7 (July 2010) #5
If you do not wish to fix it manually but would instead like Microsoft to Fix It for you: Microsoft Fix-it 50448 solution, run it as administrator once downloaded
and see your Power Plan and Device Manager settings:
How to prevent your Computer from waking up from Sleep unexpectedly
Well, ok, so that was all greek to me. I will save it for someone with a computer brain. I was just wondering why it comes on when I turn on my little fan. It also comes on when I touch the space bar on my computer (I haven't tried any of the other keys) ... but it won't come on when I move the mouse no matter how much I move it. I was just wondering what was causing it and if it's going to cause me any trouble if I don't fix it?
No it's not a wireless mouse. The mouse will not wake it up. It's tuning on my fan or pressing the space bar that wakes it up.
An update ... not only does it turn on when I turn on my fan, and press the space bar ... it is also turning on when I turn OFF my fan. It's crazy.
it could be one of 3 things:
wake on LAN (most likely hackers)
auto updates
the ghost haunting your house is trying to use your computer
oh the ghost doesnt like the fan HAHA
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