Unstable After Sleep

[jamesvdm]

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]

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

 

[jamesvdm]

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]

Probably stems from the same problem though.

 

[wosully]

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]

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

 

[Scooter70]

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

 

[hethoofd]

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]

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]

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

 

[bcj]

Uninstalling VirtualPC Worked for Me

Have been having this issue for some weeks. Uninstalling VirtualPC seems to have fixed the problem.

 

[expo703]

mine doesnt wake up from sleep either... it worked perfect on XP though...i dont have virtual PC and i checked my bois and LEGENCY USB is enabled... any othe rsuggestions?... i hit my keyboard and move my mouse which has power because the lazers on.. but the monitors are just blank... doesnt say "no signal" just blank... i have to turn off my whole computer by holding down the power button the reset button doesnt do anything either... and wait for the whole computer to shut down.. reboot and then it "resumes windows"... lol

 

[Mark]

mine doesnt wake up from sleep either... it worked perfect on XP though...i dont have virtual PC and i checked my bois and LEGENCY USB is enabled... any othe rsuggestions?... i hit my keyboard and move my mouse which has power because the lazers on.. but the monitors are just blank... doesnt say "no signal" just blank... i have to turn off my whole computer by holding down the power button the reset button doesnt do anything either... and wait for the whole computer to shut down.. reboot and then it "resumes windows"... lol

Instead of holding on the power button, have you tried just pressing it for a second to see if it does resume that way?

 

[expo703]

Instead of holding on the power button, have you tried just pressing it for a second to see if it does resume that way?

yeah still no success. only way i can get my computer to do anything after sleep is to hold the power button so the computer total shuts down.. boot it back up.. and resume windows.

 

[bostondude33]

Here is the error message from the event viewer:

The program Explorer.EXE version 6.1.7000.0 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Problem Reports and Solutions control panel.
Process ID: 140
Start Time: 01c9a80015814291
Termination Time: 60000
Application Path: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
Report Id: b7c150c7-13fb-11de-bc42-00226434661e

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Hang
Date: 3/18/2009 4:33:02 PM
Event ID: 1002
Task Category: (101)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: FooBar
Description:
The program Explorer.EXE version 6.1.7000.0 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Problem Reports and Solutions control panel.
Process ID: 140
Start Time: 01c9a80015814291
Termination Time: 60000
Application Path: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
Report Id: b7c150c7-13fb-11de-bc42-00226434661e

Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Hang" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1002</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>101</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-03-18T20:33:02.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>426</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>FooBar</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Explorer.EXE</Data>
<Data>6.1.7000.0</Data>
<Data>140</Data>
<Data>01c9a80015814291</Data>
<Data>60000</Data>
<Data>C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE</Data>
<Data>b7c150c7-13fb-11de-bc42-00226434661e</Data>
<Binary>55006E006B006E006F0077006E0000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

Explorer only crashes AFTER the computer wakes up from sleep or hibernation. It crashes when I try to run a program from the start menu. As I described above, the start menu freezes ... and the message "Explorer has stopped working" pops up.

Help?

 

[johngalt]

Do you have gadgets, or anything else that runs interactively with the Desktop?

I have not had problems with resuming from sleep in a long time now - but I also haven't had RocketDock installed in a long time, and I wonder if that was the root of my previous woes....

 

[AppTech]

I just did a clean install of Win7 64 ultimate, and am having the same problems with sleep / wake. total unresponsive, task manager only periodically starts??? I was running win7 Beta 7022 32bit without any of these problems.

 

[zigzag3143]

IE hang

Here is the error message from the event viewer:

The program Explorer.EXE version 6.1.7000.0 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Problem Reports and Solutions control panel.
Process ID: 140
Start Time: 01c9a80015814291
Termination Time: 60000
Application Path: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
Report Id: b7c150c7-13fb-11de-bc42-00226434661e

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Hang
Date: 3/18/2009 4:33:02 PM
Event ID: 1002
Task Category: (101)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: FooBar
Description:
The program Explorer.EXE version 6.1.7000.0 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Problem Reports and Solutions control panel.
Process ID: 140
Start Time: 01c9a80015814291
Termination Time: 60000
Application Path: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
Report Id: b7c150c7-13fb-11de-bc42-00226434661e

Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Hang" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1002</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>101</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-03-18T20:33:02.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>426</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>FooBar</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Explorer.EXE</Data>
<Data>6.1.7000.0</Data>
<Data>140</Data>
<Data>01c9a80015814291</Data>
<Data>60000</Data>
<Data>C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE</Data>
<Data>b7c150c7-13fb-11de-bc42-00226434661e</Data>
<Binary>55006E006B006E006F0077006E0000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

Explorer only crashes AFTER the computer wakes up from sleep or hibernation. It crashes when I try to run a program from the start menu. As I described above, the start menu freezes ... and the message "Explorer has stopped working" pops up.

Help?

First things first

We need to know abt your hardware, your OS 32 or 64. does it bsod on you. If so do you have the dumps for us to look at

Waiting on info\\Ken

 

[res31]

Win. Media Player pops up after sleep & other glitches

Among other annoyances with Windows 7, Windows Media Player always pops up on the screen when it wakes up after sleep. I cannot find a way to turn this off. Can't even find a startup folder which must be there somewhere that might control it. GRRR!

Among other glitches, W7 has a habit of stalling and spinning its wheels with no apparent way of killing the offending program, forcing me to re-boot and start again.

There appears to be no Task Manager in the system. Ctrl-Alt-Del does nothing.

The system is a clean install of Win7-64 Home Premium in a Core-2 quad processor with 8 GB of RAM.

 

[spinyol]

Try rebuilding the prefecht folder:

In the command prompt type

del %windir%\prefetch\*.* /q
start %windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll, ProcessIdleTasks