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What would keep a Windows Vista Home Premium from going to sleep? Even choosing the sleep function from the log off menu. Let me also mention that it doesn't want to shut down sometimes.

2011-07-05 13:19:00
If you have  media sharing turned on ( for xbox , ps3) Open control panel and goto Power Options > change Plan settings > Advanced Power Settings +SleepAllow hybrid Sleep > disabled Allow wake timers > disable/enable try both settings +USBUSB selective suspend > ENABLE+When Shareing media Set to allow the computer to sleep
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Myke46
2011-07-10 12:38:00
Ha14,Thank You for your advice,worked like a charm.
Tina
2011-07-10 22:28:00
Thanks a lot for the feedback, Myke!
Jessica Webster
2012-03-05 05:08:00
FYI: eBay serves pritnear everywhere; the key is buyers' and sellers' being hip to state security type shipping restrictions and tariffs. This makes for a potentially rich collection of international postage and register-stamps [China & Palau offer awesome postage graphics]. US sellers can ship to Pakistan, no problem. UK, too.