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#188974 - 2008-08-01 05:47 PM Scheduled WOL
DStelz DStelz Getting the hang of it Registered: 2007-01-26 Posts: 72 Loc: Green Bay, WI	Good one for a Friday... I have a scheduled task on a server to put most of our PCs on Standby. Works fine except a handful of PCs' keyboards don't work and things of that nature. I found a way to wake all of them up except they go back to sleep if there is no activity which is the dilema I'm stuck at. Anybody have any suggestions?
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#188977 - 2008-08-01 07:48 PM Re: Scheduled WOL [Re: DStelz]
Glenn Barnas Glenn Barnas KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-01-28 Posts: 4402 Loc: New Jersey	Clean the dust off those goggles? Disable the sleep mode when you wake them up, and reenable it when the standby task runs? Simulate local mouse activity - connect a USB-driven mechanical device to the mouse cable and run a Keep Awake task to make it shake the mouse every 10 minutes? Sorry - it's Friday after a long week - I'm outta ideas, good or otherwise. Glenn _________________________ Actually I am a Rocket Scientist! $\:D$
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#188978 - 2008-08-01 08:04 PM Re: Scheduled WOL [Re: Glenn Barnas]
BradV BradV Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2006-08-16 Posts: 687 Loc: Maryland, USA	I guess, what is the problem if they go back into standby when there is no activity? Isn't that why you want standby mode - to save power when the system is not being used? Have you checked all the drivers on the effected systems? Sorry, more questions than suggestions. $\:\($ Brad V
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#188979 - 2008-08-01 08:09 PM Re: Scheduled WOL [Re: Glenn Barnas]
DStelz DStelz Getting the hang of it Registered: 2007-01-26 Posts: 72 Loc: Green Bay, WI	I can't see clearly half the time anyway... I'm not sure how to disable the standby default power policy. When a user is logged on, the standby never kicks in. When I put the PCs to standby, it's forced. For some reason after I send the magic packet, it goes back to sleep after about 90 seconds. Yeah, wouldn't know where to start with that one. I'm sending the wake up call from a server to a hundred some PCs so I don't know if you mean that I'd have to attach a usb device to them? Most PCs have a usb mouse some have ps2 though. I hear ya.
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#188980 - 2008-08-01 08:20 PM Re: Scheduled WOL [Re: BradV]
DStelz DStelz Getting the hang of it Registered: 2007-01-26 Posts: 72 Loc: Green Bay, WI	Heh, that's ok. Well, that's been the problem is that for some reason we've been having problems with peoples' keyboards not working when they get them out of standby or just not coming out in general. I honestly haven't looked at the drivers yet. I'll check that out as well.
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#188981 - 2008-08-01 08:25 PM Re: Scheduled WOL [Re: DStelz]
Glenn Barnas Glenn Barnas KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-01-28 Posts: 4402 Loc: New Jersey	OK - forgive me, but got some bizzare UCE (spam) earlier today and there was a USB based - er, um - "toy" that was advertised. It could be controlled thru the USB port - intensity, duration, etc. Oddly, my first thought was to tie it to the mouse cord to mechanically simulate mouse movement by shaking the mouse slightly to solve a testing situation I had a while back. The relationaship to your posting was too ironic to pass up. Of course, I can just see your purchasing agent's face now... "You want to spend $4500 on 130 devices that do WHAT??? This is a business expense HOW??" Anyway, back to your problem.. The standby doesn't kick in when the user is active because the interrupt routine that handles the KB/Mouse interface resets the standby timer with each call. Outside of kix, you could call the IRQ handler with a null value, which would reset the timer (simulating our mechanical motion device). I'm surprised that it takes only 90 seconds to trip - sounds like something dropped a zero somewhere, since 900 seconds would be 15 minutes - a more realistic value. I might try a google search to see if there's a tool to control the settings, or start poking in the registry. Glenn _________________________ Actually I am a Rocket Scientist! $\:D$
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#188982 - 2008-08-01 08:44 PM Re: Scheduled WOL [Re: Glenn Barnas]
DStelz DStelz Getting the hang of it Registered: 2007-01-26 Posts: 72 Loc: Green Bay, WI	I'm only testing it out on a couple laptops. Not much for a test environment here. I'll try it out on a few other PCs to see what happens.
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#189020 - 2008-08-04 11:39 PM Re: Scheduled WOL [Re: DStelz]
Witto Witto MM club member Registered: 2004-09-29 Posts: 1828 Loc: Belgium	Originally Posted By: DStelz except they go back to sleep if there is no activity We noticed on Windows XP computers that for users who don't have administrative rights, or for computers where nobody is logged on, that the "Power Options" settings of the local Administrator are applied.
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