I never turn off the computer, just put it on "standby". When my husband tries to log onto the computer using his user account, the computer freezes up, ctrl+alt+del doesn't work. He has to turn off the computer at the tower and start again. Why does this happen??
2006-12-27 22:51:53 · 13 answers · asked by sekhtet 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
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2006-12-27 22:55:27 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Standby By and Hibernate are cranky things and will often refuse to wake up.
A lot of Desktop PC's and most generic ones do not work well or at all with power saving features as mentioned above.
These power saving features are designed generally for Laptops with power issues because of there use of battery power.
For Desktops "manual" Power Saving is best - Turn it off, or limit the feature to turning of the monitor.
There is a school of thought that computers last longer if left running all the time and this may be true
But computers are now like Mobile Phones - who wants a 3 year old one.
Yes just you and me!!
2006-12-27 23:30:17 · answer #2 · answered by Gowrie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he may have a program set to run when he logs on that is causing the freeze....try using msconfig (click start then run then type msconfig and click ok) go to the startup tab and uncheck items you think might be causing the problem, also go to the services tab and first check the box to hide microsoft programs and then uncheck the rest. You may either have to log in with the default admin account (f8 during bootup and then slect safe mode) or you may be able to do this under your account depending on what security settings he has for his account.
This isn't going to fix the problem but it will at least get you started in the rright direction to fix it.
2006-12-27 22:57:36 · answer #3 · answered by Helping Since 1969 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kevin has the easiest answer. You gotta do the log out log in thing. Standby means just that. Your user account is on standby and has to be logged out of so he can log into his.
2006-12-27 23:03:37 · answer #4 · answered by Ricky J. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
unless your pc takes over 5 mins to boot up turn it off properly
or open into the account that put the system to sleep ,this should wake it up properly.
then log out and let your partner log in
2006-12-27 22:57:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
1. have you checked the inside and cleaned the dust bunnies out of the fans and inside cpu? 2. don't put it on standby just leave it on energy settings so the monitor goes off after a period of time. 3. Have you scanned for malicious programs, worms, trojans ect.
2006-12-27 22:55:23 · answer #6 · answered by xx_muggles_xx 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-28 13:11:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go into your power settings and turn off your standby and hibernate then let the screen saver run
2006-12-27 22:58:43 · answer #8 · answered by spankdis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back up your husband's account data. Remove his account and create a new account for him.
2006-12-27 23:28:47 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Microsoft happenned.
2006-12-27 22:52:51 · answer #10 · answered by The Oracle 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋