hibernate tab missing

[CG]

I have a Dell Lat c840 with the latest BIOS and chipset updates installed.
I have all the latest critical updates and I don't have the hibernate option
available. I do have the hiberfil.sys file and its size is in accordance
with my RAM size. How can I get this option enabled?

 

[Jerold Schulman]

I have a Dell Lat c840 with the latest BIOS and chipset updates installed.
I have all the latest critical updates and I don't have the hibernate option
available. I do have the hiberfil.sys file and its size is in accordance
with my RAM size. How can I get this option enabled?

See tip 2297 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com
See tip 7383.
You could try running regedit /s file.reg where file.reg contains:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power]
"Heuristics"=hex:05,00,00,00,00,01,01,00,0e,6f,00,00,f0,00,00,00,76,00,00,00


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[CG]

That's the problem, I don't have that tab under power options.

 

[Geir Klemetsen]

I have a Dell Lat c840 with the latest BIOS and chipset updates installed.
I have all the latest critical updates and I don't have the hibernate option
available. I do have the hiberfil.sys file and its size is in accordance
with my RAM size. How can I get this option enabled?

Open control panel -> power options -> Hibernating
and mark the chech-box "activate hibernating support"

That's it.

 

[CG]

Jerold,

The reg file didn't help.

Any other suggestions?

I have a Dell Lat c840 with the latest BIOS and chipset updates installed.
I have all the latest critical updates and I don't have the hibernate option
available. I do have the hiberfil.sys file and its size is in accordance
with my RAM size. How can I get this option enabled?

See tip 2297 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com
See tip 7383.
You could try running regedit /s file.reg where file.reg contains:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power]"Heuristics"=hex:05,00,00,00,00,01,01,00,0e,6f,00,00,f0,00,00,00,76,00,00,00


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Geir Klemetsen]

That's the problem, I don't have that tab under power options.

What happends if you try to delete the hiberfile.sys? Do you get an error
message saying that the file is in use or something like that? Do you have
administrative rights?
Did you upgrade win2k from a previous windows version, or did you do a
clean install from scratch?

If your windows installation is upgraded, and not an clean install, what
happends if you format your system
partition (assuming you have another partition/disk to use as backup), and
install win2k? Will you then be
able to activate the hibernate function?

 

[CG]

Can't delete file and yes I have admin rights. No it was a clean install, in
fact is the original Dell build.

I was trying to avoid doing a clean install. I think I am going to ghost my
system and put the original image (Dell build) back on and see what happens.

If you have any other suggestions, they would be appreciated.

Thanks
CG