Solved Sleep Option greyed out.

[BPetkus]

Title says it all. I have all the power down options available EXCEPT Sleep. It is greyed out(even in safe mode). I've searched the forums and found multiple threads. I have tried the registry tweaks, self-executable files to reactivate sleep, etc. all to no avail. The only other unfortunate option left is to reinstall 7
Other suggestions are much appreciated!

FYI: AND no, it's not related to graphics card. This option WAS available until, I believe, after an automatic win7 update. I DID try to revert; no luck.

P.S. I apologize if not in right forum.

 

[whs]

Press the Start button, then press the right arrow key twice, then press the letter S - what happens?

 

[BPetkus]

Nothing happened, still showing greyed out.

 

[Brink]

Hello BPetkus, and welcome to Seven Forums.

You might see if this may be the issue.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/85194-sleep-disable-shut-down-menu.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[BPetkus]

Nope, I already tried that one too. Reset value to 1.....no luck.

 

[WebMattR]

Nope, I already tried that one too. Reset value to 1.....no luck.

If you go back into the registry, is it set to 0 again?

 

[Golden]

Hi,

Can you try this:

Open an elevated CMD window, and then type powercfg -a and hit enter.

Post the resultant output here.

Regards,
Golden

 

[BPetkus]

Results of Powercfg

Here's the results(below) of the powercfg -a. I disabled Hibernation on purpose. What I don't understand is display driver(from scrn shot) is indicating Sleep State is unsupported. It was just fine until Windows did an automatic update. I tried resorting back to an earlier restore but as I said, it didn't work. I guess backups are not such a bad idea after all, ahe?

 

[Golden]

Hi,

Try the following :

1. Download and install latest display driver from the manufacturers website.
2. In an elevated CMD window, type powercfg /hibernate on

Run powercfg -a again, and post result here - it should say that hibernation has been turned back on, and that sleep is now supported.

If it is, see if SLEEP is nowavailable, or still greyed out.

Regards,
Golden

 

[BPetkus]

Hip hip hooray!

Well, finally found the problem thx to Golden. After last Win7 update, unbeknownst to me, 7 reverted back to generic display driver. Installed Vista driver and everything hunky dory. FYI; Intel too lazy to create W7 driver for Intel 915 so had to use Vista.
Thanks for the help, ppl.

 

[Golden]

Nice one - glad to have helped

 

[vilopjdwebreg]

As suggested by Golden, I updated the display adapter and bingo!

Grey sleep button now active.

Well done buddy!