Original post describing my recent computer challenges which I wrote last weekend after the challenges had been present for about a week.
This past Tuesday I let the most recent patch for Windows go thru. It didn't seem to help either (note, after every update/patch, I reboot). It DID fix the Outlook anomaly I was experiencing though.
Wednesday morning I went to start the computer, and everything was off including my router and modem. One of the darn cats had apparently stepped on the power button to the UPS long enough to turn it off while I was sleeping. So I crawled under the desk and got that restarted. Once everything was running again, my computer couldn't find the network even though my router showed that it was all set. So I got down on the floor again, pulled out the tower and unplugged and replugged stuff in.
Hu, after going thru that ritual, the computer's sleep mode started functioning. So, now I don't know if somewhere in the last Win patch there was a fix that just didn't take after the 1st reboot and took a total power off situation to fix, or if a loose connection caused the problem all along (seems like that would be weird, but hey, you never know). The sleep mode has worked fine since then both when I actively put it to sleep or when it goes to sleep after 15 minutes of non-use. Who knew that cats could help in the computer tech department?
Maybe it just didn't like that I'd started looking at computer online the night before 
You really need to watch that shopping for a new computer on your old computer. Up with that it will not put!
Your cats and your dad have the same effect: shutting off the power. When your dad has a problem with starting his computer or when my Wi-Fi is not working, the first thing I know to do is to turn on all of the power strips in your dad's den. Obviously, he believes that someone is doing that to his equipment. (I only wish it were so.)
Three is the magic number that I use for reboots of a computer, the router, or the modem. Sometimes I forget to carry through on all three, though.
Computers: Can't live with 'em...can't live without 'em. (That sounds familiar somehow - lol.)
Posted by: Cop Car | December 23, 2023 at 10:51 AM
Power strips, especially those with rocker switches, are easily turned off - done that several times while adjusting my foot placement. However, the UPS that I installed about a month ago (replacing the power strip)), takes about 5 seconds of holding the (flush) button down before it will turn off.
I used to have an issue with them turning off the UPS to the P43. The first time was purely by accident, but upon hearing that beep, they decided it was great fun to do it all the time - during winter no less. I had an overturned bucket over it for a while to protect it from their mischief.
Posted by: bogie | December 24, 2023 at 04:15 AM
Good grief - mischief makers!
Posted by: Cop Car | December 25, 2023 at 02:07 AM