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Paul H
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      20th Jan 2010

I installed a fresh copy of XP Pro on an old (2002) HP laptop, from the same
upgrade CD that was originally installed on it. I've run all of the Windows
Updates. Now I have a strange symptom. When I click Start, then "turn off
computer", the small box that appears has "standby" dimmed out (not
available). So my choices are shut down or restart. How do I fix this?
TIA, Paul

 
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Rey Santos
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      20th Jan 2010
Check your Device Manager if your video controller is not marked with red or
yellow exclamation mark. A greyed out Standby button is usually indicative of
a video driver problem. Reinstall or update your video driver and see if that
solves the problem.

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"Paul H" wrote:

>
> I installed a fresh copy of XP Pro on an old (2002) HP laptop, from the same
> upgrade CD that was originally installed on it. I've run all of the Windows
> Updates. Now I have a strange symptom. When I click Start, then "turn off
> computer", the small box that appears has "standby" dimmed out (not
> available). So my choices are shut down or restart. How do I fix this?
> TIA, Paul
>
> .
>

 
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Paul H
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      20th Jan 2010


Rey, you were right! A driver re-install and a re-boot, and the "standby"
is back. And another problem - my IE "rippled" when scrolling down now
scrolls smooth.
Thank you!
Paul (an incorrigible top-poster)


"Rey Santos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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Check your Device Manager if your video controller is not marked with red or
yellow exclamation mark. A greyed out Standby button is usually indicative
of
a video driver problem. Reinstall or update your video driver and see if
that
solves the problem.

--
Rey


"Paul H" wrote:

>
> I installed a fresh copy of XP Pro on an old (2002) HP laptop, from the
> same
> upgrade CD that was originally installed on it. I've run all of the
> Windows
> Updates. Now I have a strange symptom. When I click Start, then "turn
> off
> computer", the small box that appears has "standby" dimmed out (not
> available). So my choices are shut down or restart. How do I fix this?
> TIA, Paul
>
> .
>


 
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      20th Jan 2010

"Paul H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
>
> Rey, you were right! A driver re-install and a re-boot, and the "standby"
> is back. And another problem - my IE "rippled" when scrolling down now
> scrolls smooth.
> Thank you!
> Paul (an incorrigible top-poster)
>


Which indicates that XP was using a generic driver that was unable to
exploit the acceleration features of the graphics processor.

>
> "Rey Santos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:7129B4DC-4617-4330-BF56-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Check your Device Manager if your video controller is not marked with red
> or
> yellow exclamation mark. A greyed out Standby button is usually indicative
> of
> a video driver problem. Reinstall or update your video driver and see if
> that
> solves the problem.
>
> --
> Rey
>
>
> "Paul H" wrote:
>
>>
>> I installed a fresh copy of XP Pro on an old (2002) HP laptop, from the
>> same
>> upgrade CD that was originally installed on it. I've run all of the
>> Windows
>> Updates. Now I have a strange symptom. When I click Start, then "turn
>> off
>> computer", the small box that appears has "standby" dimmed out (not
>> available). So my choices are shut down or restart. How do I fix this?
>> TIA, Paul
>>
>> .
>>

>



 
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Paul H
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      20th Jan 2010

Now my remaining problem is speed. The disk light flashes constantly when I
run something, so I think my 512kb memory is not enuf - I probably should
got to 1gb, the max this laptop will tolerate. Any other ideas. Once upon
a time this laptop ran fine with 512.

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"Paul H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
>
> Rey, you were right! A driver re-install and a re-boot, and the "standby"
> is back. And another problem - my IE "rippled" when scrolling down now
> scrolls smooth.
> Thank you!
> Paul (an incorrigible top-poster)
>


Which indicates that XP was using a generic driver that was unable to
exploit the acceleration features of the graphics processor.

>
> "Rey Santos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:7129B4DC-4617-4330-BF56-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Check your Device Manager if your video controller is not marked with red
> or
> yellow exclamation mark. A greyed out Standby button is usually indicative
> of
> a video driver problem. Reinstall or update your video driver and see if
> that
> solves the problem.
>
> --
> Rey
>
>
> "Paul H" wrote:
>
>>
>> I installed a fresh copy of XP Pro on an old (2002) HP laptop, from the
>> same
>> upgrade CD that was originally installed on it. I've run all of the
>> Windows
>> Updates. Now I have a strange symptom. When I click Start, then "turn
>> off
>> computer", the small box that appears has "standby" dimmed out (not
>> available). So my choices are shut down or restart. How do I fix this?
>> TIA, Paul
>>
>> .
>>

>



 
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      21st Jan 2010

"Paul H" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Now my remaining problem is speed. The disk light flashes constantly when
> I
> run something, so I think my 512kb memory is not enuf - I probably should
> got to 1gb, the max this laptop will tolerate. Any other ideas. Once
> upon
> a time this laptop ran fine with 512.
>


512M is generally considered adequate for Windows XP, but few would disagree
that 1G is better. A lot depends on what apps you run.



 
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