Can not awaken from 'sleep mode'

Joined: Oct 18, 2007 Posts: 1

I used the 'Control Panel' in an attempt to set the Vista to 'Sleep Mode and apparently did something wrong. It went into 'Sleep Mode' and no matter what I have tried, I can not awaken it.

When the PC is re-booted, it goes right back to 'Sleep'. I have noted the keyboard lights do light up for an instance, but the the PC freezes even though the Power button remains lit and I can hear the fan(s) running.

I can not get back in the computer to re-set the 'Sleep' settings so I'm using my other XP machine to post this. By the way, I had no problem in setting the 'Sleep' mode for this machine.

My Vista machine has all the latest up-dates installed.

Any suggestions on how to get my Vista machine booted up would be greatly appreciated.

Bill

Joined: Dec 05, 2002 Posts: 22

go into safe mode and undo whatever you did... press f8 after boot prompt.. this should allow you to undo whatever you did. If you still can't get in, something is seriously wrong and you may have to re-install or restore via restore cd if you have one. In either case, i hope you have your stuff backed-up.