Energy Saver Preference Panel in 10.5.6 not restarting/shutting down

I have my Macs scheduled for automatic shut down and start up with the Energy Saver Preference Panel Schedule feature. However, since I upgraded to 10.5.6, two of my older Macs (a 2006 Intel iMac and a 2004 PowerPC G4 PowerBook) no longer respond to the shut down or start up time.
In fact, the iMac seems to ignore preferences I've selected in the Energy Saver panel. For example, my settings for sleep are the same as they were in 10.5.5, but now the behavior is different. Previously, the iMac would be in a light sleep that I could awaken simply by touching the mouse. Now, moving the mouse has no effect, I must hit a key to wake it from what by comparison is a heavy, deep sleep. And when it does wake, either the hard drive or the CD/DVD drive makes a lot of noise as it grinds to wakefulness. Additionally, this iMac is connected to a shared printer. When another computer prints to this shared printer, nothing will happen until the iMac is shaken from its slumber—previously, it would print just fine. Also, the Time Machine hard drive connected via Firewire 400 does not seem to run during these times of deep sleep—only when the iMac has been rousted.
I updated both machines with the 10.5.6 combo updater. For what it's worth, another Mac I upgraded (a 2008 iMac) seems to sleep and wake and restart each day just fine.
Is there a .plist file I need to delete? If so, which one? Is there anything else I should be looking at?

Welcome to discussions - Your Energy Saver should be in the second line of your System Prefs window next to Hardware.- it's the fourth one in and looks like a light bulb.
If you can't find it, try logging in as another user and see if it's there.
Are you saying that your computer won't shut down when you have scheduled it? Could there be a program running that would interfere with a shutdown?
Please report back, and let us know which model G5 you have.
Miriam

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