[Leica] Windows 10 Annoyance

Wed Sep 28 12:30:42 PDT 2016

Are you running them through USB hub?

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes.  Each box has a button on the front.  When it goes to sleep, all of
> the lights go off and I have to press the button to make them come back
> on.  I never, ever had this problem with W7 and the same boxes.
>
> Tina
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> wrote:
>
> > When asleep, my My Book drive wakes up in about 10 seconds when accessed.
> >
> > Tina, are you saying that you have to physically switch your drives back
> > on?
> >
> > Jim Nichols
> > Tullahoma, TN USA
> >
> > On 9/28/2016 2:20 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> >
> >> Tina, I stand corrected.  The light on the My Book just started
> blinking.
> >>
> >> 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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> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>> --
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> >>>
> >>>
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