Hibernate

[Guest]

I just reformatted my hard drive and re-installed Win XP. I have not been
able to go into "hibernation" or "stand by". I was having problems with it
before I formatted as well. Any help would be welcome.
Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The lack of a Standby button indicates you are using XP's
generic VGA drivers.

Your video adapter drivers probably need to be reinstalled.
Visit the support web site of the manufacturer of your video
card adapter and download the latest drivers.

Before installing them, uninstall the old drivers. In your
Control Panel, open the Add or Remove Programs applet
and look for your video drivers to uninstall.

If you happen to have a notebook computer, visit the notebook
manufacturer's support website to download the correct video
adapter drivers for your specific notebook model.

After installing a fresh set of drivers, right-click on your
desktop and select Properties > Settings, change the Color
Quality to "Highest (32 bit), then adjust your Screen Resolution
to your liking, then click on Apply.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| I just reformatted my hard drive and re-installed Win XP. I have not been
| able to go into "hibernation" or "stand by". I was having problems with it
| before I formatted as well. Any help would be welcome.
| Thanks

 

[Guest]

I got fresh drivers from Dell for the 16mb ATI RAGE Ultra 4X AGP card,
installed them as suggested and the computer continues to hang in "preparing
to hibernate" mode. I have tried to wait it out to no avail.
You mentioned "lack of Standby button". I'm not sure I know What you mean. I
do have a Standby button as an alternative in close down mode and on my
keyboard. neither of them put the computer into standby. Both Standby and
Hibernate hang on the "preparing to.." screen.