I don't think you can make a shortcut like on the desktop. but you can assign it to a button on your computer like the power button or the sleep button.
I purchased a new Vista computer back in April from Dell and it's worked fine up until a couple days ago.The last few times I've tried to use my computer after bringing it out of Sleep mode it freezes up and nothing responds. After trying to use...
I have a fairly new desktop that on several occasions has failed to come out of sleep mode after an extended period of inactivity. Mouse movement or space bar activation have no effect. My only cure is to reboot. Any suggestions?
Hi there :) Had this computer for a week now...still working out all the Vista bugs...here is a new one: I can't get sleep mode to work. It goes to sleep fine, but wakes right back up in about 20-30 seconds. I have already tried disabling the...
i have a compaq v3000 which equip wit AMD turion64X2 TL 50 1Gb Ram n nvidia and OEM vista basic. My problem is everytime when i burn a disc , or install a program, there is a msg appear for confirmation either to continue or cancel. As soon as i pressed to continue the screen goes blank (looks quite similar like a sleep mode) then i automatic appears again after app 2 sec. or it will appear after i press any keys. it seems to be quite annoying. please advise
Alright I recently bought a Acer Aspire 5100 that came pre-installed with Vista on it so all drivers are vista compatible and all the drivers are the newest and updated.Now when it comes to going into sleep mode...It works on a 50/50...
If you haven't discovered Vista's Event Viewer yet, have a look...
1. Type "Event Viewer" in the Start menu's search box.
2. Start Event Viewer
3. Expand "Windows Logs" in the left margin, then click on "System"
This will display a log of all system events by date and time. It includes system errors.
I found that my Internet Time was not synchronizing with the PC, ever. It was showing errors since day one. Windows Firewall was blocking the port to update my clock. I had to open the Firewall settings and add port 123 (UDC) to the Exceptions tab to get it working.
The computer and connected peripherils will wake up from sleep mode when I move the mouse. But not the monitor. That forces a reboot. My video card is a Radeon X1300 with 512 MB dedicated memory. Can anyone help?
After having Vista for 3 weeks, all of a sudden, when I return from Sleep Mode, the screen says Locked. I just hit retrun and everything is fine. Before, I got the normal screen right way. Is there a way to disable that. It isn't a real big deal,...
Pressing the power button or manually forcing sleep mode from the shutdown menu doesn't work. Monitor powers off then a few seconds later it's back up. The tower never shut off. I wandered around the bios trying to find a setting.
