Dave T. wrote:
> When my computer goes to sleep, I can wake it up by pressing a mapped
> key on my keyboard. The problem is that sometimes I have to press the
> key 5 or 6 times before vista will wake up. This also shows up when it
> is time for a scheduled task to take place, such as backup. I scheduled
> a wake-up in task scheduler, but sometimes it fails. Can someone clue me
> how to trouble-shoot this problem?
>
> Dave T.

Thanks for the replies, I have found the solution to my problem after
several days of searching:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929463/en-us

It turns out that task scheduler will not wake up the computer when the
task is created in the "Create basic task" mode. The task must be
created in the "Create task" mode. (Huh?) The creation in EITHER mode is
identical in every respect. Same dialog boxes, everything. The only
difference is that one will awake the computer from sleep, the other
will not even though you can specify the wake up in either mode.

IMHO, this is a perfect example of the wrong-headed over-engineering of
an application and under-engineering of the help files that Microsoft is
famous for.

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Dave T.

I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.