benjhind Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Hello,I'm finding more and more lately that when I come back to my computer after a long time of being away from it, the "speed" tab shows that DL and UL activity are both under 10kbps. However, after moving the mouse, activity jumps back up to the 200kbps range.I'm thinking that this is more of a computer issue than a program issue. My computer is an Acer Aspire 3680 running XP Home. I have my power settings as follows:(when plugged in)Turn off monitor: after 15 minsTurn of HD: neverSystem standby: never"when I close the lid of my portable computer": Do nothingI can't help but think this is something to do with my computer, because I doubt that uTorrent keeps track of how often I move my mouse When I get up in the morning, I open my laptop, and move the mouse. As soon as the screen blinks on, the speed starts picking up on uTorrent (I usually leave the uTorrent screen open so it is the first thing I see).Help?Many thanks,Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Does the computer come with other Acer applications that detect idle states to switch the computer into a low-power state in such situations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjhind Posted February 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 I've formatted it since I've got it, so it doesn't have any of that garbage on it.For now I've been using a mouse script to keep the mouse moving while I'm asleep... not the best way to go about things though.Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifereloaded Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 do u have your computer set up to power down go sleep???right click on desktop goto propertys screen saver change power settings look there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjhind Posted February 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Did you read the post? I posted my power settings in detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Hm.Start > Run > sysdm.cpl > Advanced > Performance > Settings > AdvancedWhat are the current settings?As well...a) get HijackThis from trendsecure.com, run it, view the log, and post the contents here get Process Explorer from sysinternals.com, run it, Ctrl+D (to show the lower DLL pane), select the µTorrent process from the list, Ctrl+S (and save the list somewhere you'll find easily -- like the Desktop), then post the contents of the saved process list in the .txt file here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjhind Posted February 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 Hi Ultima,Thanks very much for your offer to help here. I actually figured out that this was only happening when the lid to the laptop was closed (even though I kept a mouse script moving the mouse). I don't know why it was working that way, but now I'm leaving the lid open and all is well.Thanks everyone for your assistance.Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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