Vista goes in sleep mode and power up is goofy!

When left at idle Vista 64 premium goes in sleep mode and the to power it up takes a few reboots.

Is this correctable in the power management screen. I really don't even want to have it power off or sleep.

It has 4mb of Ram. Should I adjust the page file to 6000?

The computer is a friends and this is my first experience with Vista.
It is a desktop so no battery issues.
If I want it off I'll turn it off!

BTW I tried to talk him out of Vista but.......

Go to Power Options in the Control Panel- maybe Vista has a similar name, but that's where you make the settings for power management.

If it's a desktop, it will be going into either Hibernate or Standby. Sleep mode was a function usually referred to in a laptop. But "off" equals "sleep" in Windows Vista.

Please direct your friend to this site on Windows Vista Power Management. Some will only apply to laptop, but there is more:http://tinyurl.com/34psqe
And tell your friend, that even with a desktop, it shouldn't be left fully powered up all the time. If noting else, it's a waste of electricity and the computer can be set to go into Standby after a pre-set period of inactivity.