Win XP won't stay awake

I've got XP running in Bootcamp on a Macbook Pro (a setup unofficially endorsed by the DV Rack techs).
Even with ALL the Power Options set to Never, and using the AC adapter, Win goes to sleep and logs me out after about 15 minutes unless I hit a key or touch the kbd. When I go back to it, I have to click on my user icon to get the Win desktop again. What else would affect this? Is there a PC utility that would prevent it?
Makes shooting more stressful when I have to remember to keep poking the laptop.
Thanks!

Macbook Pros don't have BIOSes, they use whats called Intel's EFI. It's like the next evolution of BIOSes, it can do a lot more, yadda yadda yadda. And that's probably not the problem, he probably just has his power settings wrong.

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Won't stay awake

Please help!
My G5 won't stay awake. Yesterday when I was using my computer, it went into slep mode while I was online. I pressed a key on the key board, and it woke back up for a few seconds, and then went back to sleep. I went through this a few times, and it kept doing the same thing. I was eventually able to keep it awake long enough to shut it down. Today, it was doing the same thing, so I shut it down, and unplugged it for a while, and when I plugged it in and turned on again, it would still only stay awake for a few seconds. Rign now, it is unplugged.
Any help at all would be greatly appriciated!
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The SMU controls your Macs sleep as well as other things. These are instructions for resetting the SMU. Choose the appropriate one for your G5;
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300341
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301733

Powerbook won't stay awake

This is weird. My battery shows full charge, but my computer randomly goes to sleep. Most of the time I can wake it back up with any button, but sometimes it won't wake up and I have to remove the battery to make it restart again. Is this a battery problem or something else? Its been happening for some months now.

A number of sleep-related issues can appear after incremental Mac OSX updates, including the inability to properly go to sleep, problems waking from sleep, and having your display go to sleep without your Mac going to sleep. The most common culprit is Bluetooth. Try these tips to fix your sleep problems.
WAKE UP
In System Preferences>Bluetooth, uncheck Allow Bluetooth Devices To Wake This Computer. If you are using a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard, you'll have to wake your Mac by pressing the power button.
FILE CORRUPTION
Your Bluetooth preference file may be corrupt-you'll need to delete it. Turn Bluetooth off, then go to the /Users/user name/Library/Preferences folder. Look for a file called com.apple.Bluetooth.plist and trash it.The OS will create a new preference file when you enable Bluetooth again.
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If you have issues with a Mac or display that goes to sleep at inappropriate times, you may have a problem with Energy Saver. Delete the following .plist files and restart:
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A restart is very important after deleting these plists. After a reboot your Mac will then generate new ones.
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I've been using my MacBook Pro with an external 23" Apple display for several months, always with the lid closed and with no problems. Suddenly, I can no longer keep the MacBook awake when its lid is closed. *The AC power IS connected.* I plug in the display, close the lid, wake the system with my external keyboard, but then it will quickly go to sleep again after a few seconds. No matter what I've tried I get the same behavior.
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Apple did actually acknowledge this as a known issue with people running 10.5.2 with the graphics update, and are investigating it. There's some further discussion at this thread:
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Connect the power cord and hit the space bar on the keyboard.
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What size is the Hard Drive, and how much free space is available?
Insufficient available space, can cause performance issues, system corruption, and possible loss of data.
Depending on Mac system usage habits, it is a general recommendation, to keep 10% to as much as 20%, of the Total capacity, available at all times.
A 40 GB Hard Drive, should have 5 GB, available.
Review the suggestions, in the documents that I have linked to below.
Authored by Dr Smoke:
Problems From Insufficient RAM And Free Hard Disk Space
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Mac OS X 10.3/10.4: System Maintenance, authored by Gulliver
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find some possibility solution for spooler wont start here
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