Inactive Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 I have two questions:I own a Dell Inspiron 1420.Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 1.80GHZnVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS2GB RAMI connect to the Internet using a wireless connection with a Dell 1390 WLAN Wireless Mini-card. My speeds are fine. Sometimes I leave uTorrent running and I close my laptop lid. I disabled Standby and the monitor should just shut off as far as I'm aware. Whenever I open it again and look at uTorrent, my download speed is dramatically much lower than before I had closed the lid. A couple seconds later, it resumes back to regular speed. I've tested this many time and whenever my lid is closed, speeds drop. Why is this happening?As for my second question, whenever I open uTorrent, I get the message:"This program is freeware. If you paid for it, you have been scammed, and you should get a refund."As far as I know, this should open occur when you first install uTorrent. I regularly connect to two wireless networks if that matters.Thank you for anyone that can help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 You running µTorrent v1.7.2?(Earlier versions may mis-detect 1st run state, so you see the "This program is freeware." too often.)Sounds like your computer is going into some 'low-power' mode even though you told it not go into Standby mode. It may be some Dell-specific or LAN card specific drivers/settings causing it to do this.Do your upload speeds suffer equally as badly?Do you ever see a "disk overload" message briefly when you quickly re-enable the monitor screen?(This would probably occur if the hard drive/s were also running in a slower 'low power' mode.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inactive Posted August 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Yes, I'm running version 1.7.2.I've checked the LAN card settings and there's nothing that would indicate a low power mode (There is one, but it was already disabled).Yes, my upload speeds suffer as well.No, I don't see a "Disk overload" error message when I open the monitor again. I'll try posting on the Dell Support Forums to see if I get anything. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nos_slived Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Open Power Options. Under the "Power Schemes" tab, set all "Plugged In" settings to never (with the exception of "Turn off monitor", which can be set at your own will). Under the "Advanced" tab, make sure "When I close the lid" is set to "Do Nothing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inactive Posted August 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Yeah, I've already tried that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosoxfan Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 I have the same problem. Has anyone found a workaround to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Why are you posting on a year-old thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelittlefire Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 He didn't see the thread re: Freeware dialog and that something about his setup is broken so the keys in settings.dat aren't being saved? (and he wasn't satisfied with the response in his own thread?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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