Windows 7 Goes to Sleep in conflict with Power Option Setting

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Published on 2010-03-27T14:44:29Z Indexed on 2010/03/27 14:53 UTC
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My Del Dimension E521 running Windows 7 puts itself in sleep mode each night -- despite the fact that I have chosen a power option that specifies NEVER

Each morning I find the monitor blank and I have to hit the power button on the PC at which point Windows "resumes". The system event log shows this:

Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Date:          3/27/2010 3:21:10 AM
Description:
The system is entering sleep.

Sleep Reason: System Idle

My specific power options are:

Turn off Display          : 20 Minutes
Put the computer to sleep : Never

Is there some other setting coming into play here?

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