Hi

I'm using Windows XP Home edition.

I've never been able to use the Standby or Hibernate features, but
thought I'd give it go a fixing it to save a bit of electricity.

When I select Standby or Hibernate from the start menu, the system
will begin to shut down as appopriate, then move onto the blue screen
that states "Preparing to Stand By" ---- and that's as far as it gets.
It never actually goes into Standby mode, and I'm forced to restart
the computer.

I've had a look around on Google and haven't found anyone with this
problem. I assume some process is not letting the computer standby,
but how can I figure out which it is?

Go into task manager and shut down programs till you find out which one is
causing the hang-up.
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:072d4b61-34d5-4985-ae22-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> I'm using Windows XP Home edition.
>
> I've never been able to use the Standby or Hibernate features, but
> thought I'd give it go a fixing it to save a bit of electricity.
>
> When I select Standby or Hibernate from the start menu, the system
> will begin to shut down as appopriate, then move onto the blue screen
> that states "Preparing to Stand By" ---- and that's as far as it gets.
> It never actually goes into Standby mode, and I'm forced to restart
> the computer.
>
> I've had a look around on Google and haven't found anyone with this
> problem. I assume some process is not letting the computer standby,
> but how can I figure out which it is?

"Unknown" wrote:

> Go into task manager and shut down programs till you find out which one is
> causing the hang-up.
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:072d4b61-34d5-4985-ae22-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm using Windows XP Home edition.
> >
> > I've never been able to use the Standby or Hibernate features, but
> > thought I'd give it go a fixing it to save a bit of electricity.
> >
> > When I select Standby or Hibernate from the start menu, the system
> > will begin to shut down as appopriate, then move onto the blue screen
> > that states "Preparing to Stand By" ---- and that's as far as it gets.
> > It never actually goes into Standby mode, and I'm forced to restart
> > the computer.
> >
> > I've had a look around on Google and haven't found anyone with this
> > problem. I assume some process is not letting the computer standby,
> > but how can I figure out which it is?
>
> cavalier wrote go here,http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...8013209AA83jT1
>

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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> I'm using Windows XP Home edition.
>
> I've never been able to use the Standby or Hibernate features, but
> thought I'd give it go a fixing it to save a bit of electricity.
>
> When I select Standby or Hibernate from the start menu, the system
> will begin to shut down as appopriate, then move onto the blue screen
> that states "Preparing to Stand By" ---- and that's as far as it gets.
> It never actually goes into Standby mode, and I'm forced to restart
> the computer.
>
> I've had a look around on Google and haven't found anyone with this
> problem. I assume some process is not letting the computer standby,
> but how can I figure out which it is?