Standby

I know that Microsoft Windows XP is a massive amount of code.

I know that their problem answers have to be generally applicable.

But --

When I look up questions about Standby (my laptop has started only doing it when it damn well feels like it), and their answer is 'something is interfering with the systems ability to enter standby; find that thing and get rid of it', or words to that effect, I feel a little short changed in the diagnostic assistance department.

Heck my hunch about the problem -- that its doing an uninterruptable background task -- is more detailed than that!