After reading Ask Jack, I set my networked computer at work to Hibernate, but when the PC powers down it reboots. Searching the web, I found numerous examples of this but no real solution. Is there one?
Wayne Walters
The request to Hibernate can result in a reboot if one of your PC's programs or components refuses to go to sleep. As there are tens of thousands of components and tens of millions of programs, there is no generic solution. You will have to go through everything that's running until you find the culprit – and with networked corporate systems, it may be something the IT department insists on running. For individual users, it's commonly the network card. The Windows Device Manager's power management options may let you solve the problem, or you can do it by editing the Registry, or you may need to change something in the BIOS. However, your IT department probably will not want you to try these, even if you have the rights via an administrator account.
Microsoft has a troubleshooter for those trying to solve Hibernation problems.
