Vista unwantedly wakes from hib., prob. Mediacenter --where is the cause??!!

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Vista Home Premium on HP Pavilion DV6000-series laptop.
Since configuring mediacenter to receive TV via. a USB tuner, the laptop
unwantedly wakes from hibernation at 12 midday. It then stays on and
flattens the battery! I have examined the event log and it seems that
ehSched, which updates the TV Program Guide, is most likely responsible.

I cannot find where it is being scheduled from!!! I have checked "show
hidden..." in Task Scheduler, but cannot find any entry for ehSched. No
entry in the Scheduler is set to 'wake to run task' in any case.

Help!! Where is this confounded thing being run from?

This must be fixed.... it is a complete nuisance to find the laptop running
and the battery nearly down and is also a severe fire risk... the laptop
could be in its carrycase!! If I hib a PC I expect it to stay that way!

TIA

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James:-)
 
more importantly... media center on a laptop?


"James David Byrne" <jamesbyrne@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Vista Home Premium on HP Pavilion DV6000-series laptop.
> Since configuring mediacenter to receive TV via. a USB tuner, the laptop
> unwantedly wakes from hibernation at 12 midday. It then stays on and
> flattens the battery! I have examined the event log and it seems that
> ehSched, which updates the TV Program Guide, is most likely responsible.
>
> I cannot find where it is being scheduled from!!! I have checked "show
> hidden..." in Task Scheduler, but cannot find any entry for ehSched. No
> entry in the Scheduler is set to 'wake to run task' in any case.
>
> Help!! Where is this confounded thing being run from?
>
> This must be fixed.... it is a complete nuisance to find the laptop
> running and the battery nearly down and is also a severe fire risk... the
> laptop could be in its carrycase!! If I hib a PC I expect it to stay that
> way!
>
> TIA
>
> --
>
> James:-)
 
"James David Byrne" <jamesbyrne@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Vista Home Premium on HP Pavilion DV6000-series laptop.
> Since configuring mediacenter to receive TV via. a USB tuner, the
> laptop unwantedly wakes from hibernation at 12 midday. It then stays
> on and flattens the battery! I have examined the event log and it
> seems that ehSched, which updates the TV Program Guide, is most likely
> responsible.
>
> I cannot find where it is being scheduled from!!! I have checked "show
> hidden..." in Task Scheduler, but cannot find any entry for ehSched.
> No entry in the Scheduler is set to 'wake to run task' in any case.
>
> Help!! Where is this confounded thing being run from?
>
> This must be fixed.... it is a complete nuisance to find the laptop
> running and the battery nearly down and is also a severe fire risk...
> the laptop could be in its carrycase!! If I hib a PC I expect it to
> stay that way!
>
> TIA
>
> --
>
> James:-)

Does Scheduler Library- Windows- MediaCentre task 'mcupdate' match the
time ?
Maybe that initiates ehsched. It has the usual 'AC power only' and 'do
not wake' setting etc. although I see you say no task is actually set to
wake.

Update can also be set to manual in Media Centre setup.

Tom
 
Yes, it has Media Center. Works very well, apart from this problem!

"Troy McClure" <n@n.com> wrote in message
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> more importantly... media center on a laptop?
 
Hi Tom :-) I changed the setting in Media Center to manual and it seems to
have fixed it. Many thanks for your suggestion! I never found out where it
is scheduled from, which is a pity, since I could have changed it to update
in a more friendly manner. Nevermind. But it is sure dangerous the way it
is most users would not be aware of this and could end up with fried
laptops or worse.

Thanls again! James :-)

"Tom Allen" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>
> "James David Byrne" <jamesbyrne@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Vista Home Premium on HP Pavilion DV6000-series laptop.
>> Since configuring mediacenter to receive TV via. a USB tuner, the laptop
>> unwantedly wakes from hibernation at 12 midday. It then stays on and
>> flattens the battery! I have examined the event log and it seems that
>> ehSched, which updates the TV Program Guide, is most likely responsible.
>>
>> I cannot find where it is being scheduled from!!! I have checked "show
>> hidden..." in Task Scheduler, but cannot find any entry for ehSched. No
>> entry in the Scheduler is set to 'wake to run task' in any case.
>>
>> Help!! Where is this confounded thing being run from?
>>
>> This must be fixed.... it is a complete nuisance to find the laptop
>> running and the battery nearly down and is also a severe fire risk... the
>> laptop could be in its carrycase!! If I hib a PC I expect it to stay that
>> way!
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> --
>>
>> James:-)
>
> Does Scheduler Library- Windows- MediaCentre task 'mcupdate' match the
> time ?
> Maybe that initiates ehsched. It has the usual 'AC power only' and 'do
> not wake' setting etc. although I see you say no task is actually set to
> wake.
>
> Update can also be set to manual in Media Centre setup.
>
> Tom
>
 
"James David Byrne" <jamesbyrne@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi Tom :-) I changed the setting in Media Center to manual and it
> seems to have fixed it. Many thanks for your suggestion! I never found
> out where it is scheduled from, which is a pity, since I could have
> changed it to update in a more friendly manner. Nevermind. But it is
> sure dangerous the way it is most users would not be aware of this
> and could end up with fried laptops or worse.
>
James,
thanks for posting the result, however I see a post here from 'M Krantz'
who has the same problem even when set to manual.

Tom
 
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