[Leica] Windows 10 Annoyance

Wed Sep 28 12:22:11 PDT 2016

Thanks, Jim. I did do that as suggested on the Windows forum but it didn't
help. Evidently, they changed something in Windows 10.  A lot of people are
having the same problem and are switching back to 7 because of it.  I keep
hoping they will come up with a fix if enough people complain and I have
complained everywhere I can find to complain!!

Tina

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Tina, I'm still running Win7, and I know there are differences, but I
> decided to try something to see if I could change the power management
> outcome.  I have an external USB 3 WD MyBook that holds all of my photo
> files, and it has been going to sleep after some period of idleness.  It
> now appears to be staying up and ready.
>
> Here is what I did:
>
> Open the Control Panel
>
> Click on Power Options
>
> If Power Options is set to "Balanced", change to "High Performance"
>
> Under High Performance, change "Put computer to sleep" to "Never"
>
> Under USB settings, turn off "Selective Suspend Setting"
>
>             This setting now shows "Disabled"
>
> Save Changes
>
> Restart Computer
>
> I am going to monitor this for a while to see if I see any side effects,
> but, so far, it looks good.  As I said earlier, it may not work with Win10.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
> On 9/28/2016 12:07 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
>> I downloaded that a few weeks ago but it doesn't work either :-(
>>
>> It's supposed to keep nudging the hard drive to keep it awake, but mine go
>> to sleep anyway!
>>
>> The built-in drives are fine and three external hard drives and my Jobo
>> stay on all the time.  The 12 drives that I have in 3 ProBox external
>> cases
>> are the ones that go to sleep. I've tried changing the USB ports and
>> moving
>> them around but nothing works.  If I'm working with one particular drive,
>> all of the ones connected in the same box with it stay awake until I quit
>> working on it for two minutes.  Then they all go to sleep.  I have to keep
>> jumping up and turning them back on.  Whatever program I'm working on
>> can't
>> find the files and it screws everything up.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Aram <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hmm.  Thought that would work, but maybe that only works for built in
>>> drives.  You might try this freeware software:
>>>
>>> http://nosleephd.codeplex.com/
>>>
>>> See if that solves your problem as it will work with all drives,
>>> including
>>> external.
>>>
>>>
>>> Curious if your built in drive goes to sleep with your current settings,
>>> or
>>> is it only your externals?
>>>
>>>
>>> Aram
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Aram Langhans
>>> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
>>> & Unemployed photographer
>>>
>>> “The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin
>>> himself
>>> would ever have dared dream.” James D. Watson
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Tina Manley
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 8:25 AM
>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Windows 10 Annoyance
>>>
>>> Yes, that was one of the fixes suggested by the Windows forums, but it
>>> doesn't work.  I've tried setting it to never turn off and all various
>>> times but nothing works.  Mine is My Custom Plan instead of Balanced and
>>> right now I have it set to never turn off - still does, though.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:21 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Try going into Control Panel > Power Options
>>>>
>>>> You are probably on 'Balanced'?
>>>>
>>>> Click on 'Change plan settings"
>>>>
>>>> Then "Changed advanced power settings"
>>>>
>>>> On my test machine it is set to turn off Hard disk after 20
>>>>
>>> minutes.......
>>>
>>>> john
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>
>>>> I am past the allowed time to switch back to Windows 7 easily.  I could
>>>> download it and reinstall it, but that would mean reinstalling all of my
>>>> programs.  The thought of that makes me very tired :-(
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Tina
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:12 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr>
>>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Don't use Windows 10?
>>>>>
>>>>> ;-) john
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.fr at leica-users.org] On
>>>>> Behalf Of Tina Manley
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, 28 September 2016 5:08 p.m.
>>>>> To: MUGers at yahoogroups.com; Leica Users Group; paw; seephoto; Olympus
>>>>> Camera Discussion
>>>>> Subject: [Leica] Windows 10 Annoyance
>>>>>
>>>>> PESO:
>>>>>
>>>>> I am having a terrible problem with Windows 10.  All of my hard drives
>>>>> go to sleep after less than 5 minutes if I am not accessing them
>>>>>
>>>> constantly.
>>>>
>>>>> Since I have 12 external drives set up with all of my photos on them,
>>>>> this is an extreme annoyance.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have read all of the supposed fixes proposed on all of the Windows
>>>>> sites and forums and none of them work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do any of the geniuses here have any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA
>>>>>
>>>>> Tina
>>>>>
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