When I put my computer into Hibernate, it will stay off till a certain time (which varies depending upon the day, but is usually around 8:00-10:00pm), and then all of the sudden, it will turn itself back on.

Also, sometimes if I need to put it into Hibernate overnight (I try to limit my use of Hibernate - a few times a week. And rarely will I use Hibernate overnight - I try to completely shut it down each night. ), it will come on during the middle of the night.

I have looked through various software programs, including Windows, to see if I could find anything that may have a time or schedule (ex: Windows Scheduler, ZoneAlarm, Webroot, etc) to run a program. But I have not been able to find anything. Do you have any suggestions as to what may be causing this and how to fix it?

Also, on a related note, when I try to use Standby, the computer will shut off for approximately 1 second and then come immediately back on. So basically, Standby does not work.

Thank you for your time and help with this problem

Gregg

this might help: http://www.vistashutdowntimer......ml#History

got it from here: http://www.howtogeek.com/forum.....replies=10

Gregg, thanks for following up to let us know the answer. I'll bet it was this checkbox:

The question is, how do these things get checked? Sometimes it seems as if settings change when we are not looking.