Doesn't go into hibernation

[William B. Lurie]

Is there any practical way to determine what is preventing
my XP Home/SP2 from going into hibernation? Not always, but
frequently, even overnight, it will stay alive, with nothing
minimized in the toolbar. There are so many "Compaq-Owner"
processes showing in the Windows Task Manager, that are
contractions that I can't even identify, that it isn't
exactly practical to terminate them and wait to see. And the
same goes for unchecking them in the msconfig/Startup items
listing.

 

[Gerry]

William

How much RAM? How much free disk space?

The computer occasionally does not hibernate and you receive an
"Insufficient System Resources Exist to Complete the API" error message
in Windows XP with Service Pack 2, in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005,
or in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909095/en-us


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[William B. Lurie]

Gerry: Thanks for your help.

Partition is 22 GB......with >5 GB unused.
Ram is 1.5 GB..... I'll read the KB article.

Before turning in, I close all mailboxesa
and IM and MSN / Windows Messenger.... for what that
is worth.

Bill

 

[William B. Lurie]

William

How much RAM? How much free disk space?

The computer occasionally does not hibernate and you receive an
"Insufficient System Resources Exist to Complete the API" error message
in Windows XP with Service Pack 2, in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005,
or in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909095/en-us
Gerry, I never get that error message, so technically I guess

I shouldn't use that FIX. But I validated and downloaded
and installed it. Now I'm off to bed. Let's see if IT
goes to sleep too.
Bill Lurie

 

[William B. Lurie]

I shouldn't use that FIX. But I validated and downloaded
and installed it. Now I'm off to bed. Let's see if IT
goes to sleep too.
Bill Lurie

Now it's next morning, and it did NOT go into hibernation
overnight. What's your next advice? Cut back to 512Meg RAM
and see what happens? UNinstall that KB909095?

Bill

 

[Gerry]

Bill

Why do you need to use hibernation?

Is your computer a desktop or laptop?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[William B. Lurie]

Bill

Why do you need to use hibernation?

Is your computer a desktop or laptop?

It is a desktop, Gerry. It is in a cabinet in my desk where the
heat does not vent well. Shutting down leads to far too much
wasted time in boot-up. I prefer the better power-saving, and
the heat which adds to our air-conditioning bill, and the diminished
wear on the hard drive.

Should I try running with just 512 Meg RAM, as a test?

 

[Gerry]

William

Given that it is a desktop I would not use hibernation.

Using hibernation instead of turning the computer off hardly saves on
power! Move the computer to a better ventilated location. You can add a
fan if that is necessary. Wear on the hard drive is not an issue. How
long does your computer take to boot?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[William B. Lurie]

William

Given that it is a desktop I would not use hibernation.

Using hibernation instead of turning the computer off hardly saves on
power! Move the computer to a better ventilated location. You can add a
fan if that is necessary. Wear on the hard drive is not an issue. How
long does your computer take to boot?

Gerry, it is frustrating to turn on the desktop from a
cold start (as we used to say in the IBM-1130/360 days) and have
to wait 90 seconds before it gets to wallpaper, then 45 more
until all the desktop icons are solid, and then another 35 until
Norton Anti-Virus has finished checking the various statuses of
its related functions. Actually it's an opportunity for a pit
stop or short coffee break.

I don't see why it doesn't save much power; my hard drives, when
running get quite warm. Moving the computer to a better ventilated
location is not an option. I don't want it *on* the desk, and in
the compartment that was made for it, the air intakes are restricted
and it vents to a wall in the rear.

I'd rather fix the problem. Installing the KB workaround didn't
help, perhaps because I never got the error message that it says
it was designed to fix. Just as an experiment I may pull 1 GB of RAM
just to see if that changes the performance. And, by the way, if
I should want to un-install that KB fix, I don't see it listed under
KB fixes installed. Maybe, because of the complicated way that it
made me check authorization and then download it, it didn't get
installed. How can I check, and also uninstall it?

Thank you for your assistance.

Bill Lurie

 

[William B. Lurie]

William

Given that it is a desktop I would not use hibernation.

Using hibernation instead of turning the computer off hardly saves on
power! Move the computer to a better ventilated location. You can add a
fan if that is necessary. Wear on the hard drive is not an issue. How
long does your computer take to boot?

Gerry, I located the Uninstall for KB909095 and uninstalled it
and rebooted. Now I am probably back to where I was when I
posted my first request.
Bill