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Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+: Windows XP and Windows Vista computers fail to hibernate after installing Sophos Anti-Virus

After installing Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+ some Windows XP and Windows Vista computers may fail to automatically enter hibernation after the selected period. Manual entry to hibernation is not affected.

What to do

  1. In the computer system tray, right-click the Sophos shield icon and select 'Configure updating'. For more information on this, refer to the  Sophos Anti-Virus User manual.
  2. In the 'Properties for Sophos AutoUpdates' window, click the 'Schedule' tab. Make a note of how often Sophos Anti-Virus checks for updates. This is displayed in the 'Check for updates every ** minutes' field.
  3. Exit from Sophos Anti-Virus configuration.
  4. You must now check the Windows 'System Hibernates:' settings. For details of how to do this, refer to the Windows On-line Help or other Windows documentation.
  5. Set the number of minutes in the Windows 'System hibernates:' field to be less than the number of minutes that was displayed in the 'Check for updates every ** minutes' field by Sophos Anti-Virus, and noted in step 2 above.

If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.