How can I keep WIndows 7 from sleeping in the middle of a backup?

If I have correctly start a backup from the console and leave the room, when I return from the computer is in standby.  When I wake up the computer, the backup will fail eventually.

I know that it is possible for an application to inhibit sleep system; iTunes seems to do that when I'm streaming internet radio.  I looked at the controls associated with the backup and I don't see anything wrong.

How can I prevent the system from falling asleep during a backup?

Looks like a Microsoft Developer, David Anson, has a work around:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/delay/archive/2009/09/30/give-your-computer-insomnia-free-tool-and-source-code-to-temporarily-prevent-a-machine-from-going-to-sleep.aspx

Looks like there are a number of utilities that missing calls to SetThreadExecutionState() not sure if the backup is always broken, or HP broke.

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