Unchecked Enable, changed power scheme, still Hibernates. Goes to StandBy for 6 mins then hibernates.?

Question

I am the administrator. Computer is Dell Dimension1100. I set power scheme to:
Turn off monitor: after 20 minutes, turn off hard disks: I tried 'never'
and 1 hr., System standby: after 20 minutes. When I click 'save as' for the
Power Scheme of Home/Office Desk, the error message says:"Indicates 2
revision levels are incompatible". I tried to delete and rename Power Scheme
(KB article), but same error message Goes into Standby after 6
minutes, hibernates after another six minutes.Manual Standby from Start lasts 6 minutes. System Restore failed to help. I want to stay in StandBy after 20 minutes idle. HELP!

Answer 1

Try reinstalling your bios. It's worked for me on other dell products. Don't ask me why, I don't know, neither does Dell. It was a "tried everything else" move a student shared with me. Last time I talked with Dell about it was 03. Maybe they have an answer now. You can check their website at:

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?c=us&cs=19&docid=DB817CA585C23C7DE030A68F27287F44&journalid=DA966F8C385111DBB03397399D7AF170&l=en&s=dhs

If this dosn't help, feel free to AOL IM me at toddschlemmer. I'll ask around. I've picked up a few contacts over the years. Good luck!

Answer 2

Do you have another user set up - their set up could be the issue?

If not - just re-install windows, it takes about 40 minutes and is often easier than trying to root out a problem like this.