StandBy / Hibernation off - Computer still powers off.

[Pelle1911]

Hi all,

I am using Win7.
I occasionally use
powercfg -h off
to disable Standby / Hibernation. Most often if I am running some long-time activities in the background where I am away from the screen.
I noticed, that the computer still powers down (not shutdown). This is confirmed with Event 42, Category 64, Keyword 4 (Information)

- Provider


[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power


[ Guid] {331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}



EventID 42


Version 2


Level 4


Task 64


Opcode 0


Keywords 0x8000000000000004

- TimeCreated


[ SystemTime] 2012-08-21T18:37:47.977391000Z



EventRecordID 101705


Correlation

- Execution


[ ProcessID] 4


[ ThreadID] 68



Channel System


Computer *** deleted ***



Security
- EventData

TargetState 4

EffectiveState 4

Reason 7

Flags 0


If I do
powercfg -a
I get (roughly translated)

Mode S1 not available
Mode S2 not available
Standby has not been activated
Hybrid Standby-mode.

Tha last line of this output catches my eye and I do suppose that instead of doing a normal StandBy, the system goes into hybrid standby.
This, however, is astonishing, since it is stated that
powercfg -h off
disables normal standby just as well as it does disable hybrid standby.

Does anyone have a clue as to why my system still powers down?

Thanks in advance!
Regards,
P.

 

[centaur78]

Hi Pelle

Please post your logs for us to check .... We cant deduce from the above !!

 

[Britton30]

w7 Has hibernation, sleep or a combo, hybrid sleep. powercfg -h off disables hibernation and therefore hybrid sleep, but not sleep.
Go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options\Edit Plan Settings and set put computer to sleep to never.

 

[Pelle1911]

Hi, t
hanks for your time.
Sounds good - I'll try and let you know.

Also - is there a way to do that by command-line?

Thanks!!!
P.

 

[Britton30]

I think anything can be done by cmd line, but I'm not versed in the commands.

 

[F5ing]

I think if you set minutes to 0 (zero) this'll do it for you:

powercfg -change -standby-timeout-ac minutes

Use dc in place of the ac as appropriate.