Have you checked if it is a bios setting? RP On 13/12/06, tinu b wrote: > situation: > > i have a server, running winxp, that is waked up on lan. > > i.e. when it gets a wol command, it wakes up, but does not log-in to the > user, which has been logged in before. instead, it shows a wake up screen, > which waits for me to click on the default user icon. > > as the computer is in a remote location, no one will click on the icon, and > the pc goes back to sleep after a very short time (about 2 minutes), if > there is no data traffic on the lan. > > > > question: > > i need to increase the time, the computer waits before going back to sleep, > to about half an hour. > > how can i do this? > > > > idea1: > > the time, configured in the windows power control settings seems to have no > influence on the 'going back to sleep'-time, as long as the wake up screen > is showed. as soon as a user is logged in, the configured 30minuts time to > 'going back to sleep' seems to work. > > so one solution would be to enforce the pc not to show the wake up screen, > but to automatically log in. > > unfortunately, the autologon settings in the registry only work after > booting from zero, but not after waking up from standby. > > > > idea2: > > is there a way to configure the time to 'going back to sleep' for the case > that no user is logged in? > > thanx! > > tino > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist