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I have MS Security, Logitech Keyboard, Roboform password manager, and that's about it in the system tray. I have been trying everything for months now, and still it sleeps (or hibernates, I am not sure which). I have used "powercfg -hibernate off" and when I run powercfg -A it shows hibernation is not enabled, so I think it is a sleep problem. The power on light blinks, the flash drive (which is usually lit) is dark. When I move the mouse or press the space bar, the hard drive light blinks, there is a loud click, then the system wakes up and the screen (which was dark with its power light blinking) comes back on. I have been using the same programs and not added any new ones for at least 9 months. I upgraded both this 32 bit desktop from Windows 7 to Windows 7 Ultimate and the same with my 64 bit laptop. For some reason, I was wondering if one of the MS updates may have started this problem.
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