Stopping Vista going into sleep while downloading...

ReP0 · 13th March 2008, 9:57 PM

Anyone have any ideas how to stop Vista going into sleep mode while Opera is downloading something? Seems my assumption about Opera taking care of it automatically didn't work out.

[Edit: hmm maybe the transfer timed out, might not be Opera's fault..Anyway if there is a trick setting to it let me know]

Idryss · 14th March 2008, 12:35 AM

Put media player onto play and mute it. Its what I do

Rezin · 14th March 2008, 12:39 AM

Can't you specify x hours/minutes to 'put the computer to sleep' in Control Panel > Power Options > Edit Plan Settings, or were you looking for a way to automatically do it whenever Opera was running?

Idryss · 14th March 2008, 12:52 AM

You could, but you'd have to change it every time. I think that vista thinks that any web browser, including their DL manager, isnt downloading even if it is (might think its just refreshing stuff automaticaly or something), but I have found vista wont goot sleep with uTorrent or similar. havent tried getright tho.

Rezin · 14th March 2008, 2:09 AM

According to this page...

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PCs may not enter sleep mode when they have a file open over the network. Graphics-intensive screen savers can prevent PCs from entering sleep mode as well, and should be disabled.

Otherwise Vista should not allow software applications to stop it from going to sleep. However, it is possible for a network administrator to change this default, allowing applications to "veto" sleep when they are busy. The default can be changed using Group Policy, but cannot be set through the Power Options applet in the Control Panel.

gpedit.msc > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Power Management > Sleep Settings > Turn on Applications to Prevent Sleep Transitions (Plugged In).

Does that help?

Idryss · 14th March 2008, 10:33 PM

Nice find. Will try and see if that helps tomorrow night.

tin · 15th March 2008, 3:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Idryss

Put media player onto play and mute it. Its what I do

I'd have said that normally too... But I discovered last night while watching a movie that WMP wasn't preventing the screensaver (I'm using the supplied "Bubbles" screensaver) coming on. Setting was set correctly, and I even tried flipping it over and back. Still didn't prevent the screensaver.

I have a feeling it's due to multiple monitors doing something weird. WMP has never worked right with more than one monitor (like full screen draws a part of the border on the adjacent screen).

Now, of course it may still prevent sleep mode, but I'd be doing some testing now after I found that.

Elyzion · 15th March 2008, 3:22 PM

My vista stays on till the file has finished downloading, then since theres no network activity it shuts down.

tin · 15th March 2008, 3:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Elyzion

My vista stays on till the file has finished downloading, then since theres no network activity it shuts down.

Probably depends on the program in use. What are you using that prevents it?

Elyzion · 15th March 2008, 3:51 PM

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Originally Posted by tin

Probably depends on the program in use. What are you using that prevents it?

uTorrent. I donno what settings i changed but basically i just set my torrent to not seed so when its downloaded my pc sleeps.

ReP0 · 15th March 2008, 5:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Elyzion

uTorrent. I donno what settings i changed but basically i just set my torrent to not seed so when its downloaded my pc sleeps.

Or you could just go to the options->autoshutdown menu and choose your action once downloads complete in utorrent rather than relying on the OS to timeout.

To everyone:
Thanks for all the suggestions. The media player one seems simplest as I always have an mp3 around which I can put into loop.

Like I said perhaps the download had an error in the first place and closed down followed by a sleep due to inactivity. Hard to tell which came first without being infront of the screen. Perhaps I don't need any of these. My sleep timeout is 15 minutes so next time I download a large file off the web I'll hang around and see what happens.

Elyzion · 23rd March 2008, 8:52 PM

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Originally Posted by tin

What are you using that prevents it?

Ahhh, i found it.

Was turning off a setting and noticed.

Preferences > Downloads > Other Settings

"Prevent Standby if there are active torrents"

13th March 2008, 9:57 PM	#1
ReP0 Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,259	Stopping Vista going into sleep while downloading... Anyone have any ideas how to stop Vista going into sleep mode while Opera is downloading something? Seems my assumption about Opera taking care of it automatically didn't work out. [Edit: hmm maybe the transfer timed out, might not be Opera's fault..Anyway if there is a trick setting to it let me know] Last edited by ReP0; 13th March 2008 at 10:30 PM.

14th March 2008, 12:35 AM	#2
Idryss Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Central Coast Posts: 1,999	Put media player onto play and mute it. Its what I do __________________ Steam: Idryss

14th March 2008, 12:52 AM	#4
Idryss Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Central Coast Posts: 1,999	You could, but you'd have to change it every time. I think that vista thinks that any web browser, including their DL manager, isnt downloading even if it is (might think its just refreshing stuff automaticaly or something), but I have found vista wont goot sleep with uTorrent or similar. havent tried getright tho. __________________ Steam: Idryss

14th March 2008, 10:33 PM	#6
Idryss Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Central Coast Posts: 1,999	Nice find. Will try and see if that helps tomorrow night. __________________ Steam: Idryss

14th March 2008, 12:39 AM	#3
Rezin Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,024	Can't you specify x hours/minutes to 'put the computer to sleep' in Control Panel > Power Options > Edit Plan Settings, or were you looking for a way to automatically do it whenever Opera was running?