I need someone to give me good settigs for Power Plan (Balanced ) I want my computer to go to sleep after a certian time and wake up when I tap my mouse.But what has been happening is it goes to sleep but when I tap my mouse it turns my hard drive on but my screen stays blank. These are the settings I have right now. Turn off the display = 66 minutes Put computer to sleep = 67 minutes Hard Disk turn off after= 66 minutes Wireless Adapter medium power saving Sleep sleep after = 67 minutes USB disabled Power Button and Lid power action=shut down sleep button=sleep start menu button=sleep PCI Express=off Searching and Index=balanced Display turn off display after = 66 minutes adapter display = off Multimedia allow the computer to sleep 1 person needs an answerReplyQuote

How & what you use your laptop for should dictate your power scheme. Without knowing what you do with the machine, the best anyone will recommend is the Balanced power plan. Windows 7 News!

THE TIME FORGET ABOUT I JUST NEED SETTING THAT WILL MAKE MY COMPUTER SLEEP THEN WAKE UP WHEN I WAKE IT

Dude ... Turn Off the CapsLock! If set correctly, the Balanced plan is configured to put the computer to sleep after it's been idle for 60 minutes or 15 minutes if running on battery power. And to "wake" the machine up, you simply press any keypad on the keyboard or move the mouse. If your machine is not waking up, then there's something else going on. Vista's Default Power Management Settings are below: — Balanced (Set as active plan by default) — Require password on: Yes Turn off hard disks after: 20 minutes Wireless adapter settings — Power Saving Mode: Maximum Performance Sleep — Sleep after: 60 minutes Sleep — Hibernate after: Never USB Settings — USB Selective suspend setting: Disabled Power button action: Shut Down Start menu power button action: Sleep PCI Express — Link State Power Management: Moderate power savings Processor Power Management — Minimum Processor State — 5% Processor Power Management — Maximum Processor State — 100% Search and Indexing — Power savings mode: High Performance. Turn off the display: 20 minutes Adaptive display: On Multimedia settings — When sharing media: Prevent idling to sleep — Power Saver — Require password on: Yes Turn off hard disks after: 20 minutes Wireless adapter settings — Power Saving Mode: Maximum Performance Sleep — Sleep after: 60 minutes Sleep — Hibernate after: Never USB Settings — USB Selective suspend setting: Disabled Power button action: Shut Down Start menu power button action: Sleep PCI Express — Link State Power Management: Maximum power savings Processor Power Management — Minimum Processor State — 5% Processor Power Management — Maximum Processor State — 50% Search and Indexing — Power savings mode: High Performance. Turn off the display: 20 minutes Adaptive display: On Multimedia settings — When sharing media: Prevent idling to sleep — High Performance — Require password on: Yes Turn off hard disks after: 20 minutes Wireless adapter settings — Power Saving Mode: Maximum Performance Sleep — Sleep after: Never Sleep — Hibernate after: Never USB Settings — USB Selective suspend setting: Disabled Power button action: Shut Down Start menu power button action: Sleep PCI Express — Link State Power Management: Off Processor Power Management — Minimum Processor State — 100% Processor Power Management — Maximum Processor State — 100% Search and Indexing — Power savings mode: High Performance. Turn off the display: 20 minutes Adaptive display: Off Multimedia settings — When sharing media: Allow the computer to enter Away Mode FYI ... Sleep problems could be something easy to fix by changing a power setting, other times, a driver or BIOS adjustment & or an update is needed to overcome the problem. How long have you been having the problem? Windows 7 News!

Thank you that is just what I needed.I assume if I want to go to Hibernate I would just change the settings just like sleep but turn sleep off and hibernate on. Thanks Again Paul Napa PS:Oh by the way it worked