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Machine not going to sleep properly
The machine is the MAINGEAR machine listed in my system specs.
The screen is going blank after the set 30 minutes but, the machine isn't going to sleep. I can make it go to sleep by choosing "sleep" from the start menu but it won't go to sleep automatically like it's supposed to.
I started noticing this behavior after I changed the computer's name from "WINDOWS7DESKTOP" to "MAINGEAR-desktop". I received a message telling me the name was too long and it would automatically be shortened as needed and something else about what problems might occure. I guess I should've paid a bit more attention to the warning.
Now, the machine won't go to sleep like it's supposed to.
The reason I think the name change might be related is, I was trying to edit one of my created events in the Task Scheduler. I couldn't edit the event because it was associated with with the old name. I hade to delete the event and re-make it.
Anyone know what I might have caused by changing to machine's name and how I might be able to fix it?
EDIT:
I guess I could maybe just change the name back? I don't really want to do that. I have multiple machines (2 X WINDOWS7DESKTOP) and I need distinct descriptors.