new HP laptop with Vista Ultimate automatically turns itself on from being completely off
I just bought a new, custom HP laptop but it seems to have its own
personality. I'm running Vista Ultimate and haven't yet had a chance
to go through it and figure out all of the possible settings. My
problem is that my computer turns itself on, bypasses the logon/
required password stage, completely loads the desktop by itself from a
state of being completely off and unplugged. It has done this a
couple times now from the standby stage with the top closed,
prohibiting a misc. object to trigger the sensor to wake up. I
thought at first it might have been because the battery was low and it
was turning on from standy to tell me to charge it, but the battery
has been almost full. Though curious, I have brushed this phenomenon
off because I have more important things to concentrate on these days
than figuring this quirk out.
However, today, it turned itself on, with the top closed, again
bypassed the fingerprint and required password logon and loaded the
desktop from being completely off. This is a little strange and
discomforting, as I'm afraid I may have to return it to the factory
and wait for another one and I simply don't have the time for that.
My question is, are there timer settings in Vista that would cause the
computer to turn on like this? I have "windows automatic update"
turned off, though I'm certain something so trivial couldn't have done
this to begin with. Other than that, I can't think of a possible
explanation.
Anyone with suggestions
Re: new HP laptop with Vista Ultimate automatically turns itself on from being completely off
Ok, here's my update:
To cover all my bases, I contacted HP via chat through their website
and then through email after the chat proved overwhelmingly
frustrating. I was told several different things and given several
different solutions, the main being to perform a "Startup Repair"
through the BIOS. At first, they said that my computer turned on due
to stored static charges and that I needed to perform a "power
drain". I found this difficult to believe and it also didn't explain
how it bypassed the logon. Then they said my fingerprint software was
malfunctioning and I needed to reinstall it. However, this didn't
explain how I could use the sensor to logon both before and after this
incident. Finally, they said my BIOS was corrupted. After the tips
in this forum and HP's advice to look at the BIOS, I did just that. I
did the startup repair but it didn't show any problems. I then went
back into the BIOS to look for the wake-on LAN option but didn't find
anything of that sort. From what I've read, my model has a limited
BIOS...a new thing they are doing, if I read it correctly.
Finally, they told me to update my BIOS, though I have the latest
update already.
I am frustrated to no end about this but cannot afford to waste more
time on it until next month, at which point I hope to make some head
way regarding the possibility of wake events. I found this old
article about the setting for "wake-up on LAN" which seemed to be spot
on:
Now I just need to find that in the BIOS...
Re: new HP laptop with Vista Ultimate automatically turns itself on from being completely off
So did removing the battery from the remote work? I've been having the same problem with my HP laptop and it's driving me insane! It always seems to happen in the middle of the night. Halp!
Re: new HP laptop with Vista Ultimate automatically turns itself on from being completely off
I'm having the same problem with my HP touchsmart laptop which I purchased 6 months ago. It's reassuring to know I'm not the only person with this problem. Does anyone know of an easy solution? I'm so scared to take my laptop off charge these days as it likes to switch itself on and drain my battery when I least expect it.
Re: new HP laptop with Vista Ultimate automatically turns itself on from being completely off
The Culprit = WINDOWS UPDATE
Disable windows updates from automatically installing updates. It some how switches on your laptop and DOES NOT switch it off after the installation.
Microsoft is BS!
Hope it works!