power on system by keyboard or mouse instead of power button

Posted: 08-07-2003, 04:24 AM

cee

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I was running 98se before and I could turn on my computer
by pressing the mouse or space bar but now since I changed
to XP that function doesn't seem to work. Does anyone
know how I can reset the system so that function will work
again?

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Maureen Goldman

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Re: power on system by keyboard or mouse instead of power button

Posted: 08-07-2003, 04:20 PM

>"cee" <cat10@rogers.com> wrote:

>I was running 98se before and I could turn on my computer
>by pressing the mouse or space bar but now since I changed
>to XP that function doesn't seem to work. Does anyone
>know how I can reset the system so that function will work
>again?

You could go into the Device Manager to check the Properties\ power
management settings for your keyboard and mouse. Expand the
categories, then right-click to see Properties, right-click.
(Control Panel \ System \ Hardware to get to DM.)

D.Currie

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Re: power on system by keyboard or mouse instead of power button

Posted: 08-08-2003, 05:34 AM

"cee" <cat10@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> I was running 98se before and I could turn on my computer
> by pressing the mouse or space bar but now since I changed
> to XP that function doesn't seem to work. Does anyone
> know how I can reset the system so that function will work
> again?

If you mean it's not starting from a powered-off state, that's a bios issue,
not Windows, as the HD isn't even active at that point.

Or are you trying to come out of standby or hibernation?

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