I'm sharing that an user reported this on another machine and it occured after they accepted a DRIVER from WINDOWS UPDATE. System restore to before that update and it works.
Lesson? Don't do that.
Bob
Once I closed my notebook, and then it went to the standby-mode, but the next time I opened it again, I was unable to get out of the standby-mode and unable to shut it down, the notebook wasn`t reacting at all, so I took out the battery to shut it down. When I put the battery back in and switched on the notebook, it started and went to the standby-mode again. I can`t get out of this mode now. The only thing I can do now is shutting it down with pushing the power button for a few seconds. If I switch it on again, it goes to the standby-mode and remains there! Please help me!!! Thanks!

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