Posted September 22, 200717 yr I have a gateway mx6453 laptop running windows media center edition and my problem is that I usually keep the laptop plugged in and close the lid when I am not using it, and then windows will go into suspend mode and when I re-open the lid, the welcome screen comes on and I am forced to type in my password. This would be normal operation if I had "prompt for password when computer resumes from standby" and "when I close the lid of my portable computer go into standby" both selected but I DON'T. Every time my computer goes into standby after closing the lid, I immediately UNCHECK anything that would cause windows to ever go into standby except manually choosing to do so myself. My power scheme is set to "always on". I turn off monitor after 15 minutes and never the hard disks or standby (these setting are for both plugged in and battery). On the advanced tab I unchecked prompt for password when computer resumes from standby and when I close the lid of my portable computer, I have it "do nothing". Hibernation is disabled. Under "alarms", nothing sets the computer into standby. The laptop will be fine for the first couple closes of the lid then randomly it will go into standby when the lid is closed and then all of these settings are RESET to "go into standby when lid is closed" "prompt for password upon resume suspend" etc. I have to manually uncheck all of these options every time. What do you think is causing this behavior? It is getting very annoying.
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