Guest dragonfly522 Posted May 21, 2008 Posted May 21, 2008 I want to be able to have my Vista OS on a Dell come out of sleep or hibernation on its own to run an application such as a virus-scan or a spyware-scan, and then shut down or go back into sleep or hibernation mode. Am I crazy or is this just not a reasonable thing for computers to do right now? My scans are set for 2 AM when I'm sawwing logs but they don't seem to work. Quote
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 dragonfly522 wrote:<span style="color:blue"> > I want to be able to have my Vista OS on a Dell come out of sleep or > hibernation on its own to run an application such as a virus-scan or a > spyware-scan, and then shut down or go back into sleep or hibernation mode. </span> You can use the Task Scheduler or, if available, the applications built-in tools to bring a computer out of Standby or Sleep, but not Hibernate. (Hibernate is the same as having the computer powered off, so the computer naturally cannot run a scheduled task.) <span style="color:blue"> > Am I crazy or is this just not a reasonable thing for computers to do right > now? </span> Now? Sure. The capability has existed for years. <span style="color:blue"> > My scans are set for 2 AM when I'm sawwing logs but they don't seem to > work. </span> Then you're most likely not configuring them correctly. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot Quote
Guest Bender Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 My computer comes out of Hibernation to record TV shows, using Media Center in Vista. So your remark about the computer being shut off being similar to Hibernate can not be correct. I can't use sleep on my computer because of some fault that causes the computer to crash after waking up, hence I use hibernate. My computer is a 4 year old Pentium 4 with HT. Other scheduled tasks also wake up the computer. "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message news:ujOkng6uIHA.5832@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > dragonfly522 wrote:<span style="color:green"> >> I want to be able to have my Vista OS on a Dell come out of sleep or >> hibernation on its own to run an application such as a virus-scan or a >> spyware-scan, and then shut down or go back into sleep or hibernation >> mode.</span> > > > You can use the Task Scheduler or, if available, the applications built-in > tools to bring a computer out of Standby or Sleep, but not Hibernate. > (Hibernate is the same as having the computer powered off, so the computer > naturally cannot run a scheduled task.) > ><span style="color:green"> >> Am I crazy or is this just not a reasonable thing for computers to do >> right now?</span> > > Now? Sure. The capability has existed for years. > ><span style="color:green"> >> My scans are set for 2 AM when I'm sawwing logs but they don't seem to >> work.</span> > > > Then you're most likely not configuring them correctly. > > > -- > > Bruce Chambers > > Help us help you: > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 > > They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin > > Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand > Russell > > The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has > killed a great many philosophers. > ~ Denis Diderot </span> Quote
Guest FromTheRafters Posted May 23, 2008 Posted May 23, 2008 It's not supposed to work that way. Hibernate is supposed to de-energize memory (RAM). How could Task Scheduler or any other program run without any RAM? Maybe Hybrid Sleep is being shown as Hibernate in the GUI but RAM remains active (unless on batteries) like Hybrid Sleep. It wouldn't be the first time that a MS OS misinformed a user. "Bender" <imnotgivingmynametoa@machine.net> wrote in message news:OdDicE9uIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > My computer comes out of Hibernation to record TV shows, using Media > Center in Vista. > So your remark about the computer being shut off being similar to > Hibernate can not be correct. > I can't use sleep on my computer because of some fault that causes the > computer to crash after waking up, hence I use hibernate. > My computer is a 4 year old Pentium 4 with HT. > Other scheduled tasks also wake up the computer. > > "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message > news:ujOkng6uIHA.5832@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<span style="color:green"> >> dragonfly522 wrote:<span style="color:darkred"> >>> I want to be able to have my Vista OS on a Dell come out of sleep or >>> hibernation on its own to run an application such as a virus-scan or a >>> spyware-scan, and then shut down or go back into sleep or hibernation >>> mode.</span> >> >> >> You can use the Task Scheduler or, if available, the applications >> built-in tools to bring a computer out of Standby or Sleep, but not >> Hibernate. (Hibernate is the same as having the computer powered off, so >> the computer naturally cannot run a scheduled task.) >> >><span style="color:darkred"> >>> Am I crazy or is this just not a reasonable thing for computers to do >>> right now?</span> >> >> Now? Sure. The capability has existed for years. >> >><span style="color:darkred"> >>> My scans are set for 2 AM when I'm sawwing logs but they don't seem to >>> work.</span> >> >> >> Then you're most likely not configuring them correctly. >> >> >> -- >> >> Bruce Chambers >> >> Help us help you: >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 >> >> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary >> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin >> >> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand >> Russell >> >> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has >> killed a great many philosophers. >> ~ Denis Diderot</span> > </span> Quote
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