maverick6664 Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 My Windows xp is running boinc, which calculates while the computer is idle. So I don't want the computer to snooze. So I want to turn snooze off, Until 2 days ago, it had been working fine, however since yesterday, this Windows xp began to snooze when it was idle for about one hour or two. Where should I check or set? I check the BIOS, but it's ok. I disabled "sleep button" and "power button", but it still snoozes.... what should I do? I checked registries with Registry Mechanics, and fixed broken ones, but it still snoozes.I am good at Linux, but am not so good at Windows.Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Anything in HERE help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 But if BOINC is running, the computer cannot be idle, so perhaps something is wrong with BOINC? Ran out of units to process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick6664 Posted December 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Thanks for your replies. I now set "Always on" and will see what will happen.Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick6664 Posted December 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 But if BOINC is running, the computer cannot be idle, so perhaps something is wrong with BOINC? Ran out of units to process?I found this windows box also gave an error. Not out of units to process. The screen turns blue, and says "KERNEL_IN_?????"(there may be mistakes because I haven't read carefully) and stopped at atapi.sys at blah blah(two or three 32bit hex numbers).Some system files seem collapsed. How can I fix them without clean install? As a matter of course, I have the cdrom, but I want to avoid clean install if possible.TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick6664 Posted December 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Actually, I saw chkdsk automatically began to run, and it said some system files were collapsed. So I think this needs fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 You may want to run sfc /scannow.http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/system_file_checker.mspx?mfr=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick6664 Posted December 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 You may want to run sfc /scannow.http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/system_file_checker.mspx?mfr=trueThanks a lot! It went fine (but needed cdrom). But it said nothing. Did it replace anything? and is it all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick6664 Posted December 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 btw, sfc required the original disk (sp2), however I'm using sp3, updated by WindowsUpdate. Why did it work. Don't the versions matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick6664 Posted December 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 I've read/>http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.htmland now I understand what I have done. Actually I got this problem just after I had trouble updating McAfee.Thank you very much! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 You are welcome very much.Thank you for keeping the thread updated.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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