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Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot...

From AJL <noemail@none.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot...
Date 2026-05-06 12:16 -0700
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On 5/6/2026 11:37, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:

>> When I close the laptop it insists on shutting down after a few
>> hours no matter that all the settings are set to sleep. When in
>> tablet mode it does sleep but then the screen comes on after awhile
>> and stays on. Weird...

> Shutting down or hibernating?

>> It's not hibernating or sleeping. And actually I 'm not sure if
>> it's shutting down for sure. When I hit the physical switch my
>> lock screen pops up instantly but after I enter the pin it takes
>> about 25 seconds to load and when finished all my apps have been
>> closed and I'm starting from scratch. What do you think?

> Strange! If you get a lock screen (i.e. not a BIOS or whatever
> screen), Windows is up. As your apps are closed and you have to start
> from scratch, it looks like you have been logged off. But who or what
> would do that after a few hours.

Yup. And so far I've found no setting to change it.

> It seems you didn't go 'deep' enough. After 'Edit plan settings'
> (mine says 'Change plan settings'. UK/US difference?) you get a
> screen which says 'Change settings for the plan: ....' with settings
> for display and sleep. *Below* those settings is a 'Change advanced
> power settings' link, which pops up the 'Power Options' UI. (Again,
> perhaps in your case 'Edit' instead of 'Change').

Not that I can find on this toy.

> N.B. I don't post screenshots to picture sites, so I stole an example
> from the web. You're looking for a 'Power Options' UI/popup which
> looks similar to this picture:
> <https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/58e1b0cd-7b0f-4be9-b2ed-f51ffad7db6c?platform=QnA>

 >> Also see the 'Battery' section for what happens for 'Low battery
>> action' and 'Critical battery action'.

>> Where's that?

> In the 'Power Options' UI, which you didn't find/get_to.

It's not there.

> From another response of yours:

>> As mentioned earlier the physical on-off switch always shuts down
>> the tablet. I have yet to find a setting anywhere to change it to
>> sleep. But I found that I can use the sleep button on the Windows
>> Start screen and the tablet will sleep so that's a workaround for
>> now.

> Control Panel -> Power Options -> (on the left hand side) Choose what
> the power button does

>> All are set to sleep...

> Well, then something is lying, isn't it!? :-)

I'm guessing the Japanese may have changed more than the screwed up
keyboard on this thing. Or perhaps being a many year old device changes
how Windows works with it. In any case I'll give it a rest for now. I
don't want too much fun all at once with new toys. Thanks...

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Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-02 14:59 -0700
  Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-05-02 18:31 -0400
    Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-02 16:03 -0700
      Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-03 03:18 +0000
        Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-02 20:46 -0700
  Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-02 22:18 -0400
    Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-02 20:35 -0700
      Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> - 2026-05-03 10:15 +0100
        Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-03 09:41 -0700
          Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-05-05 10:51 +0100
            Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-05 10:11 -0700
              Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-05 11:08 -0700
                Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... "....winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 21:36 -0400
                Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-05 22:44 -0700
                Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-06 03:30 -0400
                Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-06 09:16 -0700
                Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-06 13:15 -0400
                Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-06 11:41 -0700
              Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-05-06 14:38 +0000
                Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-06 09:16 -0700
                Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-05-06 18:37 +0000
                Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-06 12:16 -0700
                Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-05-07 15:26 +0000
                Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-07 10:02 -0700
                Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-05-07 17:39 +0000
                Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-06 12:50 -0400
                Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-06 11:41 -0700
  Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-05-03 09:22 +0100
    Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-03 09:42 -0700
      Re: Tablet Review - My new Windows tablet is not so hot... Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-03 17:29 -0400

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