My question deals with screensavers and the standby,monitor off and hibernation settings. No matter what time settings I set them to the screensavers do not work properly... i.e. the screensaver comes and on and stays on forever or the screensaver does not come on and the system goes directly into standby. I never had this problem with '98 but since I upgraded to XP what a pain. Any suggestions as to what the settings should be at??

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Maybe this will work. Under Windows 98, Me, or 2000 there was an option in the shutdown dialog box to enter the computer into hibernation (where all the content of the RAM is copied to the hard disk). The shutdown dialog box of Windows XP doesn't offer any longer the hibernation button. Some users may get confused about how to enable the hibernation mode. If this mode is supported by your motherboard (ACPI) you have to do the following: 1: Click Start and Shut Down, 2: Point the standby button and maintain the shift key pushed, 3: A new hibernation button appears: click it while still holding the shift key: voila your PC will hibernate.

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The Computer Cannot Enter Standby or Hibernate If a Direct3D-Based Screen Saver Is 
Running (Q306676)

SYMPTOMS
If the 3D Flowerbox, 3D Flying Objects, 3D Pipes, 3D Text, or another Direct3D-based 
screen saver is running in Windows XP, the computer may be unable to enter standby 
or hibernation by using the timer in Power Management properties. 

Windows XP supports the ability to turn off the monitor or hard disks by using the 
Power Management timer with OpenGL (3D) screen savers running. 

This issue is not video adapter-dependent. 

RESOLUTION
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center: 

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306676&&GSSNB=1

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>3: A new hibernation button appears: click it while still holding the shift key:
>voila your PC will hibernate.

Took the time to thank you for this tip. I had been searching for the hibernate button for ages ;)

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Anyone know of a way to make the Standby button change permanently to Hibernate? (Im lazy- don't want to have to press the Shift button...)


On Friday, November 16, 2001 at 5:58 am, Ricky Tan wrote:
>Maybe this will work.
>Under Windows 98, Me, or 2000 there was an option in the shutdown dialog box to enter
>the computer into hibernation (where all the content of the RAM is copied to the
>hard disk). The shutdown dialog box of Windows XP doesn't offer any longer the hibernation
>button. Some users may get confused about how to enable the hibernation mode. If
>this mode is supported by your motherboard (ACPI) you have to do the following:
>
>1: Click Start and Shut Down,
>
>2: Point the standby button and maintain the shift key pushed,
>
>3: A new hibernation button appears: click it while still holding the shift key:
>voila your PC will hibernate.

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Is there any way to configure the hibernation mode only to exit from a keypress, instead of a mouse movement? My dog keeps bumping the desk and setting the computer out of hibernation.

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I have same problem, except I only have to breathe and Windows xp comes out of Standby! What a bomb! Sam


On Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 9:13 am, Bryan wrote:
>Is there any way to configure the hibernation mode only to exit from a keypress,
>instead of a mouse movement? My dog keeps bumping the desk and setting the computer
>out of hibernation.

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I saved myself from a lot of these problems. I set the power button on the front 
of my computer to put my PC into hibernation.
This is how you do it:
1. Go to the Control Panel
2. Open the Power Options window
3. If Hibernation isn't on, go to the "Hibernate" tab and turn it on.
4. Once you have hibernation on, go to the "Advanced" tab.
5. If your computer supports it, there should be a dropdown menu in the "Power buttons" 
area. From there you can make your computer perform a lot of power management functions 
including Standby and Hibernate.

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I have a strange problem. On pressing standby button, my system reboots itself. Anybody has any clue? SM


On Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at 4:31 pm, Bruce1 wrote:

>I saved myself from a lot of these problems. I set the power button on the front 
>of my computer to put my PC into hibernation.
>This is how you do it:
>1. Go to the Control Panel
>2. Open the Power Options window
>3. If Hibernation isn't on, go to the "Hibernate" tab and turn it on.
>4. Once you have hibernation on, go to the "Advanced" tab.
>5. If your computer supports it, there should be a dropdown menu in the "Power buttons" 
>area. From there you can make your computer perform a lot of power management functions 
>including Standby and Hibernate.

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Here's a low-tech solution, place your mouse upside down when your computer is in hibernation!


On Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 9:13 am, Bryan wrote:
>Is there any way to configure the hibernation mode only to exit from a keypress,
>instead of a mouse movement? My dog keeps bumping the desk and setting the computer
>out of hibernation.

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System enters and exits hibernation OK but the monitor remains in hibernation. How do you get the computer to wake up the monitor? Does it have to be plugged into the outlet on the back of the computer? I think not but ??

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I have exactly this problem as discribed in that link, however the solution offered there doesn't work for me because when I download the patch I can't install it. I get the message that the reason is that my service pack is newer !! Of course this is correct as I just bought a Dell Laptop with WinXP home + latest service pack (+ all window updates installed) Somebody has a solution? Many Thanks


On Tuesday, May 28, 2002 at 7:34 am, Brian wrote:

>
>The Computer Cannot Enter Standby or Hibernate If a Direct3D-Based Screen Saver 
Is 
>Running (Q306676)
>
>SYMPTOMS
>If the 3D Flowerbox, 3D Flying Objects, 3D Pipes, 3D Text, or another Direct3D-based 
>screen saver is running in Windows XP, the computer may be unable to enter standby 
>or hibernation by using the timer in Power Management properties. 
>
>Windows XP supports the ability to turn off the monitor or hard disks by using the 
>Power Management timer with OpenGL (3D) screen savers running. 
>
>This issue is not video adapter-dependent. 
>
>RESOLUTION
>The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center: 
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306676&&GSSNB=1
>
>

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I have strange problem, my mother board (asusP2L97)appears, APCPI in earlier ver of Win ( 98,Me) but in 2k, XP no. My comp doesn't power off automaticly after shut down. Whats more, i haven't got hibernate tab i power managment, in its place is APM. what should I do??i've got updated Bios. all of patches for XP are instaled. so??

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Same problem on HP Pavilion n5490 laptop w/WinXPHome.'STANDBY' worked fine for last 18 months, then...


On Monday, May 26, 2003 at 12:06 am, cwatters wrote:
>
>System enters and exits hibernation OK but the monitor remains in hibernation. How
>do you get the computer to wake up the monitor? Does it have to be plugged into the
>outlet on the back of the computer? I think not but ??

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Get an optical mouse. The mouse will only work when the pc is on, not when it is in standby or hibernate.


On Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 9:13 am, Bryan wrote:
>Is there any way to configure the hibernation mode only to exit from a keypress,
>instead of a mouse movement? My dog keeps bumping the desk and setting the computer
>out of hibernation.

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I have a different problem: Recently I bought a new HDD (Western Digital 80Gb JB) after I accidentally crashed my old Fujitsu 17Gb :( which served me well for a long time. I installed Win Xp on it, customized all settings per my preferences, but since then my PC doesn't want to wake up after it's been hibernated! When I push the power button, it starts resuming an at once I get a message saying the restoration image is corrupt... and there is only one option to choose from: Delete restoration image and proceed to the boot menu. When I choose it, XP starts, but all programs that i left open before hibernating are gone! Somebody please help me, I really want my PC to hibernate, it's the most useful feature and I can't use it anymore!!! Thanks in advance

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http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q306/6/76.asp

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Here's a doosie: I removed the mouse, monitor & keyboard (haven't received my KVM yet) from my new computer to work on my old computer. Meanwhile, my new computer went into hibernation mode with no mouse, monitor or keyboard connected to it. Now (with the mouse, monitor & keyboard connected again) I cannot get the computer to come out of hibernation! Anyone know how I can solve this problem? Thanks.

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Just enable it in the Power Options setting of the control pannel.


On Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 7:53 am, Blend wrote:
>Anyone know of a way to make the Standby button change permanently to Hibernate?
>(Im lazy- don't want to have to press the Shift button...)
>
>

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My machine really doesn't like to stay in Hibernation or Standby modes.  Even when 
I push the "hibernate/standby" button, the machine goes off into never-never land 
and then a few minutes later, I hear it come back out as if I hit the power button 
to pull it out of hibernation.  I've done no such thing.

Hibernation turns off the computer, so mouse jiggling and keyboard taps should never 
wake it up.  
Standby put the computer to "sleep," so a mouse action might wake it up.

And the Microsoft suggestion doesn't work with the most recent XP service packs. 
 Argh.

Any help?

Jack

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Your not gonna like this, but its the truth! Have you ever heard of the HAL? Check it out ... http://www.theeldergeek.com/shutdown_issues_in_xp.htm


On Sunday, June 22, 2003 at 6:07 pm, RanThall wrote:
>I have strange problem, my mother board (asusP2L97)appears, APCPI in earlier ver
>of Win ( 98,Me) but in 2k, XP no. My comp doesn't power off automaticly after shut
>down. Whats more, i haven't got hibernate tab i power managment, in its place is
>APM. what should I do??i've got updated Bios. all of patches for XP are instaled.
>so??

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Actually there's more to it than that. I have ignored this oddity until now but it's starting to bug me. I have installed XP on multiple systems and one of those systems "Hibernate" is the default option on the shutdown pop-up. The rest of them "Standby" is the default option shown and I have to press the shift key as described previously. I have messed with several other power settings to see if they are interdependent but have had no luck. No luck digging through the registry yet either. Anyone know where the setting is that makes one default and the other "shift-able" (after enabling hibernation of course)?


On Friday, January 9, 2004 at 3:57 pm, Me wrote:
>Just enable it in the Power Options setting of the control pannel.
>
>

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Oh, I think I figured out why the one machine has hibernate as the first option. I never tried to put the machine in standby before. The WinXP installation doesn't think the machine supports standby mode (no idea if the APCI on the machine does or not... don't use it anyway). Hibernate is the default option because standby is not supported. I would still like to know if there's a way to make hibernate the default for the other machines.


On Thursday, January 15, 2004 at 10:59 pm, wek wrote:
>
>Actually there's more to it than that. I have ignored this oddity until now but
>it's starting to bug me. I have installed XP on multiple systems and one of those
>systems "Hibernate" is the default option on the shutdown pop-up. The rest of them
>"Standby" is the default option shown and I have to press the shift key as described
>previously. I have messed with several other power settings to see if they are interdependent
>but have had no luck. No luck digging through the registry yet either. Anyone know
>where the setting is that makes one default and the other "shift-able" (after enabling
>hibernation of course)?
>

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I had to flash my bios to a newer version to get the standby to work. Once it was flashed the standby button appeared.


On Thursday, January 15, 2004 at 11:11 pm, wek wrote:
>Oh, I think I figured out why the one machine has hibernate as the first option.
> I never tried to put the machine in standby before. The WinXP installation doesn't
>think the machine supports standby mode (no idea if the APCI on the machine does
>or not... don't use it anyway). Hibernate is the default option because standby
>is not supported. I would still like to know if there's a way to make hibernate
>the default for the other machines.
>
>

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I have a ACPI compatible laptop, but standby is disabled... im running xp pro sp1a so i cant install the patch. The shift-thingy didn't work either.... what should i do??


On Thursday, December 18, 2003 at 3:27 pm, no necessary wrote:
>http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q306/6/76.asp

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One Key Hibernation: I found a script @ 
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBG/TIP3100/rh3153.htm

set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")    
    WshShell.SendKeys "^{ESC}ub{ENTER}"








On Monday, January 26, 2004 at 7:25 pm, Rob Robinson wrote:
>
>I had to flash my bios to a newer version to get the standby to work. Once it was 
>flashed the standby button appeared.
>

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DUH! Push the power button!


On Friday, December 19, 2003 at 5:28 am, Krynoid wrote:
>Here's a doosie: I removed the mouse, monitor & keyboard (haven't received my KVM
>yet) from my new computer to work on my old computer. Meanwhile, my new computer
>went into hibernation mode with no mouse, monitor or keyboard connected to it.
>Now (with the mouse, monitor & keyboard connected again) I cannot get the computer
>to come out of hibernation!
>
>Anyone know how I can solve this problem? Thanks.

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The Hibernation function is Enabled under "Hibernate" tab, but I select "NEVER" for System Hibernates under "Power Schemes" tab. Will this, under any circumstances, ever put the system into Hibernation or standby mode (or any other strange modes)? Please advise.

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Turning off Hibernation does not turn off Standby mode, only hibernation mode. To turn off automatic standby you need to tell the system to never go into standby in the same control panel or in the display>screensaver>power schemes control panel.

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I have had a similar problem with an Acer Travelmate 223 which was running XP home, where standby was enabled. Having wiped and gone for XP pro, standby now greyed out. After much digging have discovered that the VGA driver installed by XP pro was insufficient, have now installed that suggested by manufacturer, and hey presto Standby now works, it has even now enabled more options inside power options which weren't there previously! Weird


On Saturday, January 31, 2004 at 2:52 am, Ruud Jacobs wrote:
>I have a ACPI compatible laptop, but standby is disabled... im running xp pro sp1a
>so i cant install the patch. The shift-thingy didn't work either.... what should
>i do??
>
>

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Many computers can come out of hibernation and standby if the modem or LAN card detects activity. There are settings in the device manager and probably some BIOS settings that can deactivate this. The LAN setting in particular can be a problem, since with most broadband connections there is continuous activity, so the computer may only stay in hibernate mode for a few seconds.


On Saturday, January 10, 2004 at 7:57 am, Jack Vinson wrote:
>
>My machine really doesn't like to stay in Hibernation or Standby modes. Even when
>I push the "hibernate/standby" button, the machine goes off into never-never land
>and then a few minutes later, I hear it come back out as if I hit the power button
>to pull it out of hibernation. I've done no such thing.
>
>Hibernation turns off the computer, so mouse jiggling and keyboard taps should never
>wake it up.
>Standby put the computer to "sleep," so a mouse action might wake it up.
>
>And the Microsoft suggestion doesn't work with the most recent XP service packs.
> Argh.
>
>Any help?
>
>Jack

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What if I don't have the hibernation tab in my power options on my Dell laptop


On Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at 4:31 pm, Bruce1 wrote:
>
>I saved myself from a lot of these problems. I set the power button on the front
>of my computer to put my PC into hibernation.
>This is how you do it:
>1. Go to the Control Panel
>2. Open the Power Options window
>3. If Hibernation isn't on, go to the "Hibernate" tab and turn it on.
>4. Once you have hibernation on, go to the "Advanced" tab.
>5. If your computer supports it, there should be a dropdown menu in the "Power buttons"
>area. From there you can make your computer perform a lot of power management functions
>including Standby and Hibernate.

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I have a possibly related problem on a HP Pavilion zt3000 laptop with WinXP Pro. Worked fine for approx 9 mnths and then something changed and standby and hibernate are no longer avaialable, cant find them anhywhere. Not sure what it is exactly that I installed or perhaps the laptop blue screened at one point, not sure.


On Saturday, July 12, 2003 at 3:34 pm, garry wrote:
>Same problem on HP Pavilion n5490 laptop w/WinXPHome.'STANDBY' worked fine for last
>18 months, then...
>
>

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Hi, I'm running XP pro on home PC & facing the same situation. Problem is, I'm a computer know-nuts and clueless as how to go about installing the VGA driver. I tried looking at the Device manager but could find no VGA adapter/Driver. Closest is a 'Video controller (VGA compatible) under "Other devices" both & some others have yellow question marks. Does this also cause web scrolling to be sluggish? - as in sections rather than smooth transitions. Please help. Thanks.


On Tuesday, August 17, 2004 at 2:17 am, Richard Burdall wrote:
>I have had a similar problem with an Acer Travelmate 223 which was running XP home,
>where standby was enabled. Having wiped and gone for XP pro, standby now greyed
>out. After much digging have discovered that the VGA driver installed by XP pro
>was insufficient, have now installed that suggested by manufacturer, and hey presto
>Standby now works, it has even now enabled more options inside power options which
>weren't there previously! Weird
>
>
>

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All you have to do is hold down the shift key and it should go into hibernation.


On Thursday, November 15, 2001 at 6:19 pm, judi wrote:
>My question deals with screensavers and the standby,monitor off and hibernation settings.
>No matter what time settings I set them to the screensavers do not work properly...
> i.e. the screensaver comes and on and stays on forever or the screensaver does not
>come on and the system goes directly into standby. I never had this problem with
>'98 but since I upgraded to XP what a pain. Any suggestions as to what the settings
>should be at??

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Hi, I'm running XP Pro on a Sony Vaio Laptop (PCG-GRX1P). I've set the computer to go into the standby mode when the lid is closed but the computer always freezes and displays "Windows preparing to standy". Can anyone please tell me what's wrong and how can I solve this problem? Thank you


On Sunday, February 6, 2005 at 5:05 pm, Hope wrote:
>
>All you have to do is hold down the shift key and it should go into hibernation.
>
>

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i found a cool solution for taking the system in the hibernate mode after you invoke the shutdown and see the small window with the 3 options(standy, log off, etc): simply press the "h" key and the PC will hibernate. i run windows XP SP2.


On Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 6:17 pm, Ed wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm running XP Pro on a Sony Vaio Laptop (PCG-GRX1P). I've set the computer to go
>into the standby mode when the lid is closed but the computer always freezes and
>displays "Windows preparing to standy".
>
>Can anyone please tell me what's wrong and how can I solve this problem?
>
>Thank you
>
>
>

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I also have exactly the same problem, selecting the standby option just reboots my XP. This hasn't been like this before, it just started to happen all of a sudden I would say. Any clue, why?? ashish


On Saturday, May 3, 2003 at 6:06 am, Shailesh wrote:
>I have a strange problem. On pressing standby button, my system reboots itself.
>Anybody has any clue?
>
>SM
>

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I have a P4 2.66Ghz asus P4gbl motherboard.recently my pc has encountered a strange problem.After pc has started within an hour or so it goes blank.orange light on monitor is seen and busy light on cpu is seen.I dont know what it is.my hard disk is ok.could u plz help me?

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thats no solution! i still have to press the shift key then. i want to have the standby button on pressing shift instead, cause i never use standby


On Friday, January 9, 2004 at 3:57 pm, Me wrote:
>Just enable it in the Power Options setting of the control pannel.
>
>

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I have a problem that seems to be the opposite of everyone else's experience. My computer suspends itself even though I have told it not to. It's a Dell Optiplex with XP Pro. I want to be able to access it by Remote Desktop. When it's left alone for a few hours with no one logged in, it sleeps (?). Pushing the power button revives it in a few seconds. Remote Desktop can't contact it in this condition. I have chosen a power scheme which never shuts down. I have disabled hibernation. In the BIOS settings I can choose ACPI S1 or S3, neither of which seems to do what I want. I enabled the setting which allows the NIC or modem to wake it up. Still it dozes off. What's left?

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While others Window users do not the access to the "hibernate" button by default, I have my "Standby" disabled! I am using Window XP. While clicking on "Start --> Turn Off Computer", there are supposed to be 3 options: Standby, Turn Off, and Restart available. However, the "standby" button I have is shaded --> disabled! Can anyone please HELP me?

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Yes I have the same problem with my IBM T43. The standby button was working until yesterday and now it is suddenly disabled. Some syware or something had gotten itself installed on my computer but I cleaned it up. Now standby wont work.


On Friday, June 17, 2005 at 10:13 am, dejaviv wrote:
>
>
>While others Window users do not the access to the "hibernate" button by default,
>I have my "Standby" disabled!
>
>I am using Window XP. While clicking on "Start --> Turn Off Computer", there are
>supposed to be 3 options: Standby, Turn Off, and Restart available. However, the
>"standby" button I have is shaded --> disabled!
>
>Can anyone please HELP me?

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I have the exact same problem.

I even tried a workaround of applying other normal screensaver and even removing 
it.
Did not help.

Someone please help.






On Thursday, June 12, 2003 at 3:07 am, Hans wrote:

>I have exactly this problem as discribed in that link, however the solution offered 

>there doesn't work for me because when I download the patch I can't install it.

>I get the message that the reason is that my service pack is newer !! Of course 
this 

>is correct as I just bought a Dell Laptop with WinXP home + latest service pack 
(+ 

>all window updates installed) Somebody has a solution? Many Thanks

>

>

>

>

>
 

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My 3 year old NEC Versa Premium laptop has this problem too! "Standby" & "Hibernate" worked fine to start with, and then one day the "Standby" button was shaded (at the "Turn Off Computer" prompt) and there was no longer a "Hibernate" tab in "Control Panel/Power Options". I have not been able to find a Microsoft patch that works with SP2, or any other sort of fix anywhere. Does anyone know a solution?


On Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 4:22 pm, aashtee wrote:
>
>I have the exact same problem.
>
>I even tried a workaround of applying other normal screensaver and even removing
>it.
>Did not help.
>
>Someone please help.
>
>

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On my year-old IBM laptop T41 I have the same problem. About 2 weeks ago, Hibernate/Standby are greyed in the shutdown menu and the only option in the power options properties suspend/hibernate option tab are releated to docking. Under Advanced, closing the lid has only one "choice" i.e. "Do nothing." I have no clue how to get standby back!


On Sunday, June 26, 2005 at 8:41 am, Philip wrote:
>My 3 year old NEC Versa Premium laptop has this problem too! "Standby" & "Hibernate"
>worked fine to start with, and then one day the "Standby" button was shaded (at the
>"Turn Off Computer" prompt) and there was no longer a "Hibernate" tab in "Control
>Panel/Power Options". I have not been able to find a Microsoft patch that works
>with SP2, or any other sort of fix anywhere. Does anyone know a solution?
>
>
>

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I think i have found a solution to the problem. Not sure why but Standby and Hibernate features are unavailable with Terminal Services Enabled. According to Microsoft this is only an issue with Windows 2000 but if you go to services and choose manual or disabled for Terminal Services it fixed the problem for me.

Microsofts Answer

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To stop your computer from waking up when your internet / network connection is active, go into Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager, then find the device that controls your connection (e.g. Network Adapters or Modems). Right click on the relevent device and go to Properties > Power Management, then de-select "Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby". I don't understand why this is turned on by default when most broadband / network connections are "always on". Perhaps Microsoft has a share in some electricity companies? Anyway, I searched the web for ages and couldn't find much info on this, so hopefully this will solve some peoples "mysterious wake up" issues and reduce electricity bills at the same time!


On Monday, October 11, 2004 at 6:52 am, FL wrote:
>Many computers can come out of hibernation and standby if the modem or LAN card detects
>activity. There are settings in the device manager and probably some BIOS settings
>that can deactivate this.
>
>The LAN setting in particular can be a problem, since with most broadband connections
>there is continuous activity, so the computer may only stay in hibernate mode for
>a few seconds.
>
>
>

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I have Ge Force 2MX 400 graphic driver on aGA- 7s748 motherboard. My computer does not go to standby when I set it to be done automatically using power option tab. It does hibernate or stndby manulally but not automtically.

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I've got the very same issue, and it's a HUGE annoyance. I run the computer lab at an elementary school, and have to manage 26 Dell Optiplexes simultaneously. Yes, they do drop into screen saver mode, and then sleep mode, regardless of the Windows power management settings. Evidently this is programmed into the Dell BIOS, and so far I've found no way to change it. This is highly inconvenient for me, because I like to have all 24 student computers up when classes arrive, ready for the kids to log in. But no, the things go into standby anyway, and I have to walk around the room hitting 24 space bars to wake them up just so the kids don't have to. I manually log in all the machines for grades K-2, and even when logged in, they go into sleep mode, so the kids arrive to a roomful of black screens unless I make the rounds and hit 24 space bars to wake the things up. Note too that when they're sleeping, I can't access them using Remote Desktop. It's a major pain to deal with this every day!!


On Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 10:40 pm, Patrick Nolan wrote:
>I have a problem that seems to be the opposite of everyone else's experience. My
>computer suspends itself even though I have told it not to. It's a Dell Optiplex
>with XP Pro. I want to be able to access it by Remote Desktop. When it's left alone
>for a few hours with no one logged in, it sleeps (?). Pushing the power button revives
>it in a few seconds. Remote Desktop can't contact it in this condition.
>
>I have chosen a power scheme which never shuts down. I have disabled hibernation.
> In the BIOS settings I can choose ACPI S1 or S3, neither of which seems to do what
>I want. I enabled the setting which allows the NIC or modem to wake it up. Still
>it dozes off. What's left?

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My IBM T41 is not coming out of Hibernate when I move the mouse or do anything, neither the screen shows anything... Can any one help with my this Win2K laptop?


On Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at 8:49 am, Gryf wrote:
>I've got the very same issue, and it's a HUGE annoyance. I run the computer lab at
>an elementary school, and have to manage 26 Dell Optiplexes simultaneously. Yes,
>they do drop into screen saver mode, and then sleep mode, regardless of the Windows
>power management settings. Evidently this is programmed into the Dell BIOS, and so
>far I've found no way to change it. This is highly inconvenient for me, because I
>like to have all 24 student computers up when classes arrive, ready for the kids
>to log in. But no, the things go into standby anyway, and I have to walk around the
>room hitting 24 space bars to wake them up just so the kids don't have to. I manually
>log in all the machines for grades K-2, and even when logged in, they go into sleep
>mode, so the kids arrive to a roomful of black screens unless I make the rounds and
>hit 24 space bars to wake the things up. Note too that when they're sleeping, I can't
>access them using Remote Desktop. It's a major pain to deal with this every day!!
>
>
>

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You may fix this problem by downloading the latest driver for your screen. I got this problem after a major OS update. I was able to resolve it by installing the latest ATI driver for my screen (which, luckily, I was sugested by Microsoft Update to download, but I could have get it from the manufacturer's website)


On Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at 7:28 pm, Bernhard K wrote:
>On my year-old IBM laptop T41 I have the same problem. About 2 weeks ago, Hibernate/Standby
>are greyed in the shutdown menu and the only option in the power options properties
>suspend/hibernate option tab are releated to docking. Under Advanced, closing the
>lid has only one "choice" i.e. "Do nothing." I have no clue how to get standby back!
>
>
>

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no clue yet on this problem? It seems verry funny, as I said my computer does not go to standby or hibernate automatically but it does manually, I don't know what is running in backgound that doesn't let the system go to standby! any idea?

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Couple of things.  First, school districts usually have paid support options - contact 
Dell, they often will have a solution.

Check the bios.  My Dell has a bios setting for "allow software to manage" the power 
saving.  Some bios uses an non-common abreviation for power management, so you might 
have to flip through it to find the right place.  Check also the network and mouse 
power management settings.  Third, Dells often come with a cute little program called 
"Dell Quickset".  With my laptop, this was the only way I could set it so I could 
close the lid when I had it connected to external keyboard and monitor.  I also close 
the lid when I leave it sitting for long periods.  The default (without Quickset) 
is to hybernate or shut down.  Now, it stays running. Quickset can be used for several 
power scenarios and sits in the tray.  One that I use frequently is for Presentations 
- neither the monitor or any other feature shuts down. It has options for battery 
or not battery - even if your computer is not a laptop. You can define scenarios 
to use. Below the quote is the link to Dell Quickset.

It's been a month since you posted, I hope that you got your lab running. I've spent 
many years as a computer lab aid and understand where you are coming from.






On Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at 8:49 am, Gryf wrote:

>I've got the very same issue, and it's a HUGE annoyance. I run the computer lab 
at 

>an elementary school, and have to manage 26 Dell Optiplexes simultaneously. Yes, 

>they do drop into screen saver mode, and then sleep mode, regardless of the Windows 

>power management settings. Evidently this is programmed into the Dell BIOS, and 
so 

>far I've found no way to change it. This is highly inconvenient for me, because 
I 

>like to have all 24 student computers up when classes arrive, ready for the kids 

>to log in. But no, the things go into standby anyway, and I have to walk around 
the 

>room hitting 24 space bars to wake them up just so the kids don't have to. I manually 

>log in all the machines for grades K-2, and even when logged in, they go into sleep 

>mode, so the kids arrive to a roomful of black screens unless I make the rounds 
and 

>hit 24 space bars to wake the things up. Note too that when they're sleeping, I 
can't 

>access them using Remote Desktop. It's a major pain to deal with this every day!!

>

>

>

Link to Dell Quickset download:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R97343&SystemID=LAT_PNT_PM_D600&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=2861&devlib=0&typecnt=1&vercnt=6&formatcnt=1&fileid=126191 

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Recently gleaned from the Dell website, maybe it would be helpfull:

Q What if my system will not wake up from the keyboard or the mouse? 

A Windows 98SE, Windows 2000, and Windows XP support wake up from the keyboard but 
only Windows 2000 and Windows XP support wake up from the mouse. For wake up to work, 
the keyboard settings must enable wake up from the keyboard. (Start > Settings > 
Control Panel > Keyboard > Hardware > Properties > Power Management > "Allow this 
device to bring the computer out of standby" > OK > OK). Note: Keyboard wake up MUST 
be enabled for the mouse to be able to wake up the system. (No special mouse setting 
is required) Note: In some configurations, the system will wake up but the monitor 
may not come on until the mouse or keyboard is pressed a second time-after the system 
is awake. 








On Thursday, August 25, 2005 at 7:16 pm, Bab Here wrote:

>

>My IBM T41 is not coming out of Hibernate when I move the mouse or do anything, 
neither 

>the screen shows anything... Can any one help with my this Win2K laptop?
 

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My remote XP machine won't come out of hibernate either (I think). I ping it successfully, but can't access it with XP Remote Desktop. I notice at other times that when it boots, it sometimes gets a message about the ATI driver (screen, right?) Per prior messages on this thread, the two may be related--perhaps the wrong screen driver is allowing the machine to hibernate (I told the machine to NEVER hibernate) and not come out of hibernation. What, in general, is the recommendation to correct/update a laptop screen driver? Thanks. Ken.

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You can actually easily create a shortcut to hibernate with one click, as was pointed out here (http://www.ozzu.com/ftopic54188.html). The trick is to create a new shortcut and insert the following as its contents: "rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState " (without the quotes). You can copy this shortcut to your Start menu for extra convenience. Also, you can change its standard icon, by clicking change icon and reading icons from %windir%\System32\shell32.dll (instead of rundll32.exe). I use the power button icon.

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re: standby and hibernation settings Hello, I am having problem with my window xp standby mode. I use to have the standby mode as a option, but now it is missing as a option for my computer. How do I troubleshoot this problem and enable my standby mode to show up again?

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I have been having this exact same problem with Dell Optiplexes GX270, GX 280 and GX520. I have contacted Dell several times and tried lots of different changes. I have the power settings set to always on and the hibernate checkbox unchecked. I too have changed S1 and S3. The last Dell support guy I talked to said I needed to update the video drivers. This made sense because I completely erased the hard disk on one of these computers and it works as I want. So far i have updated the video driver, the NIC driver and flashed the BIOS and am still having the problem. When the computer goes into this state, the power light flashes green. The mouse or keyboard will not wake it up. Only pushing the power button will wake it. I have even uninstalled the power button devices in the device manager. This is not a major problem, I just have to explain to all the users what to do. An annoyance!!!


On Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 10:40 pm, Patrick Nolan wrote:
>I have a problem that seems to be the opposite of everyone else's experience. My
>computer suspends itself even though I have told it not to. It's a Dell Optiplex
>with XP Pro. I want to be able to access it by Remote Desktop. When it's left alone
>for a few hours with no one logged in, it sleeps (?). Pushing the power button revives
>it in a few seconds. Remote Desktop can't contact it in this condition.
>
>I have chosen a power scheme which never shuts down. I have disabled hibernation.
> In the BIOS settings I can choose ACPI S1 or S3, neither of which seems to do what
>I want. I enabled the setting which allows the NIC or modem to wake it up. Still
>it dozes off. What's left?

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I have tried this rundll32.etc. shortcut. It works; but it sends my computer into Hibernate. What I would like is a shortcut that sends the computer into Standby. Is there a switch that can be added or changed to make a shortcut to Standby?


On Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at 12:54 pm, dirk wrote:
>You can actually easily create a shortcut to hibernate with one click, as was pointed
>out here (http://www.ozzu.com/ftopic54188.html).
>
>The trick is to create a new shortcut and insert the following as its contents:
>"rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState " (without the quotes).
>
>You can copy this shortcut to your Start menu for extra convenience. Also, you can
>change its standard icon, by clicking change icon and reading icons from %windir%\System32\shell32.dll
>(instead of rundll32.exe). I use the power button icon.
>
>
>
>
>

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I am having a standby/hibernation issue. When I go to do either, my computer goes into the correct mode but comes out of it without me doing anything. For example, I have my laptop set up to go on standby when I put the screen down. It does this, but then I can hear it coming back up without me being around. Can anyone help? I don't know what to do.


On Monday, December 26, 2005 at 1:01 pm, Jonathan wrote:
>I have tried this rundll32.etc. shortcut. It works; but it sends my computer into
>Hibernate. What I would like is a shortcut that sends the computer into Standby.
>Is there a switch that can be added or changed to make a shortcut to Standby?
>
>
>

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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893056 you need microsft too give you this patch


On Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 7:53 am, Blend wrote:
>Anyone know of a way to make the Standby button change permanently to Hibernate?
>(Im lazy- don't want to have to press the Shift button...)
>
>

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Hi josephine, I am having the same problem. did you ever get a fix to the problem? (in XP, standby isn't a choice any more). maybe you can point me in the direction of the answer. thanks so much


On Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at 11:42 pm, josephine wrote:
>re: standby and hibernation settings
>
>Hello,
>I am having problem with my window xp standby mode. I use to have the standby mode
>as a option, but now it is missing as a option for my computer. How do I troubleshoot
>this problem and enable my standby mode to show up again?

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yes i found this www.fixup.net/tips/suspend/suspend.htm luck,,,


On Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 9:13 am, Bryan wrote:
>Is there any way to configure the hibernation mode only to exit from a keypress,
>instead of a mouse movement? My dog keeps bumping the desk and setting the computer
>out of hibernation.

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I looked through the previous threads but I didn't read about my problem, so if I am being redundant, forgive me. My problem is my system enters standby / hibernation OK but when i "wake" it, the mouse cursor freezes in the upper left corner. The system responds to key strokes and will even respond to mouse buttons and will somewhat "vibrate" in the corner when I try to move it, but the cursor won't come out until I reboot. Any thoughts are appreciated

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I have the same problem (Hibernate tab missing, Standby button disabled, "System 
Standby time" box missing in Power Options). This is with WinXP Pro SP2.
I did 2 clean installs in the last days, this did not help, same problem with both 
installs.
I have no idea why Standby won't work, because on this same PC, in my old WinXP Pro 
SP2 install (on another partition), Standby works. I also have Win2003 Server installed, 
Standby works fine there as well.

I installed NVidia chipset drivers + NVidia video drivers, but Standby stays disabled.







On Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 4:42 pm, Ben wrote:

>Hi josephine,

>

>I am having the same problem. did you ever get a fix to the problem? (in XP, standby 

>isn't a choice any more). 

>maybe you can point me in the direction of the answer.

>thanks so much

>

>

> 

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I currently got my Windows 2000 Professional Laptop (Dell Latitude) updated to XP SP3. (When I start my laptop, I have the choice of going onto my XP profile, or my Win2000 profile.) On my XP profile when I shut my laptop lid and reopen it, the screen.monitor is black/blank but the power still remains on; or if I have music playing, the music will continue to play; I'm not sure if it goes into hibernation; I have changed the settings and power options also... but, still I have this problem; I'm afraid I will have to downgrade my laptop back to Win2000 only if I don't find a solution soon.


On Sunday, December 17, 2006 at 1:21 pm, Naki wrote:
>I have the same problem (Hibernate tab missing, Standby button disabled, "System
>Standby time" box missing in Power Options). This is with WinXP Pro SP2.
>I did 2 clean installs in the last days, this did not help, same problem with both
>installs.
>I have no idea why Standby won't work, because on this same PC, in my old WinXP Pro
>SP2 install (on another partition), Standby works. I also have Win2003 Server installed,
>Standby works fine there as well.
>
>I installed NVidia chipset drivers + NVidia video drivers, but Standby stays disabled.
>
>
>

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Hi, Iv had a look through the problems already listed here and i havent seen one similar to mine so apologies if im repeating something thats been solved already! i have XP running on a dell laptop, i recently reinstalled it and since then i havent been able to enable the hibernate option in the power settings. whenever i try to enable it i tick the box but when i hit apply i get an error message saying 'The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process' any suggestions? i find the hibernate option really useful and it irritates me that i cant activate it!

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R/Sir, I have 915 MBoard & 512 RAM, I had re-install the window XP SP2. Hibernate & Standby option is not appering. Please tell me solution about it. THANKING U

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