Have you checked power options in control panel?
"Sven Allens" <Sven
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> Just the other day i was working on the Group Policy Editor accessed by
> typing 'gpedit.msc' into the run command and before the fact my standby
> option was avalable. After I left Group Policy and restarted my computer
> the
> standby option was missing from all areas on my Windows XP Computer. This
> computer has always supported Standby, no new video card drivers have been
> installed, is there any way to renable standby?