Vista updates on notebook while in sleep mode?

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gordon55y

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Hi,
My Vista/SP2 notebook has had no problems.
Except for this:
I put it to sleep last nite, but this morning it was awake. :shock:
And, there was an auto update installed:
MSE client update package KB2254596

The same happened several weeks ago.
And as I remember that had an update as well.
I have auto update set to run at 3:00AM.
What happened here?

A. Notebook problem where it did not go to sleep properly.
This is possible, but I think I would have noticed the led on.

B. The auto update causes it to wake up at 3:00AM and check for updates
even when asleep? Is that possible?
I thought that only task schedular tasks could bring a PC out of sleep.
I see only one task that has "Wake the computer to run this task".
It is MobilePC/TMM, which seems unrelated.
I also seem to remember that some NIC cards can be set to wake up
a PC. I have never fiddled with that.

thanks
gordon
 
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Yes, you nailed it. If your NIC card is set to wake the computer. It will wake you when updates are available. You can turn it off, if you like:
Device manager
Network adapters double click
Right Click
Properties
change settings
power managment
Untick the box wake
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Rich,
Both my wireless network adapter and ethernet controller
did not have the "Allow this device to wake the computer" enabled.
I believe that is the default setting.
I will watch it more carefully.

thanks
gordon
 

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