[Prominia]

I just got a new VAIO Laptop with Windows Vista on it and I have been leaving it on plugged in. When I come back it says "Windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown. A problem has caused windows to stop working correctly. Windows will notify you if a solution is available." This has happened around 4 times so far. Never when I was at the computer though. Is this Vista or should I contact VAIO about it?

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If the problem only occurs when you're away from it, then it could indicate a power saving issue. Or maybe your laptop gets lonely

[Neil Jones]

If the problem only occurs when you're away from it, then it could indicate a power saving issue. Or maybe your laptop gets lonely

[Prominia]

Well this is my first laptop and i have no idea about power saving issues. It is lonely though

[SuperSam]

Vista has a thing about power saving, practically whenever you're not using it by default it will go to standby after some inactivity. If you follow these steps it might resolve the problem for you, and stop the laptop going to standby (if that's what you want).

Start > Control Panel > (Left Pane) Click Classic View > Power Options > (Left Pane) Change when the computer sleeps >

Turn off the display: change this to what you want, just saves power and is more economical. Mine is set to never and the screensaver does mine OK.
Put the computer to sleep: change this to never.

Now see if your laptop plays up.

Good Luck

Sam

[Prominia]

Thanks Im gonna try that and see if it works, but its not that it sleeps it actually shuts down and restarts itself. Tell you in a day or so if it stops shutting itself down.

[Prominia]

OK it seems to be working now thanks for the help No more shutdowns