windows goes to sleep while the media server is streaming

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MoGas

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Im having an entirely different problem. Sleep works just fine, but Im running a media server, and windows goes to sleep while the media server is streaming. How can I prevent this from happening? Im using this server: https://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/

multimedia settings \ when sharing media is set to "prevent idling to sleep"
 

My Computer

System One

Hmm I actually heard of a little piece of software that tells the computer your mouse is always moving (without actually moving your mouse) so that it won't go to sleep. I'll try to find where it was real quick...

Also, couldn't you just disable your computer from going to sleep at all? Right-click on your desktop, go to Personalize, (on windows 7 it might just have a Screen Saver option when you right click instead; I can't remember) and there should be an option to set it to never sleep. If that doesn't work let me know and I think there's an option in Power Settings...

Or did you just want it to not sleep when you're streaming? That would be a bit more tricky...

I can't find that mouse moving program, but this one will work just as well: Give your computer insomnia [Free tool and source code to temporarily prevent a machine from going to sleep!] - Delay's Blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs just scroll down a bit for the download.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 1545
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 @ 2.00 GHz
    Motherboard
    DELL - 27d90219 Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A05
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor (DPMS), 15.3" (34cm x 19cm)
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Internal 320 GB Portable 320 GB used for separate storage of media, plugged into USB port as needed.
    Cooling
    Single built in fan
    Mouse
    Touchpad, + Logitech wireless mouse (USB)
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Internet Speed
    ~150 kilobytes/sec DL
    Other Info
    Usually have low HD free space left (<10 GB), often left on overnight. I really push its capabilities.
Based on the user comments at the bottom (and the fact that seems like it's a pretty universal Windows controller) I'm pretty confident it will.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 1545
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 @ 2.00 GHz
    Motherboard
    DELL - 27d90219 Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A05
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor (DPMS), 15.3" (34cm x 19cm)
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Internal 320 GB Portable 320 GB used for separate storage of media, plugged into USB port as needed.
    Cooling
    Single built in fan
    Mouse
    Touchpad, + Logitech wireless mouse (USB)
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Internet Speed
    ~150 kilobytes/sec DL
    Other Info
    Usually have low HD free space left (<10 GB), often left on overnight. I really push its capabilities.
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