Hibernation - how to?

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Subject: Hibernation - how to?

Hi,

I want my computer to Hibernate but I don't see that option when I select "Turn off Computer".

How to?

Thanks,

Sup.
 
Supportx,

Hibernation does not occur manually it only occurs when the computer has
been out of use for a while. To set up your hibernation options go to
control panel > apperance and themes > display > screensaver tab > power
button > in power schemes you can select the timeout before hibernation with
the system hibernates drop down box. Also go to hibernate tab and make sure
hibernation is enabled. Good luck.

Joe

Kemco IT Professional
 
Subject: RE: Hibernation - how to?


Thanks Joe,

I seem to remember that on my ACER laptop, it was an option when selecting "Shut down the computer". Now, on my Dell running XP Pro - its not there.

Ok, I guess its just the way things are..

Thanks again,

SupportX.

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Subject: Re: Hibernation - how to?

Just figured it out by mistake :-)

Once I select the "Turn off computer", there are 3 options:

Stand By, Restart and Shut down.

If I then hold the Shift key down - the "Stand by" turn into "Hibernate" so then, while I hold the shift down, I can click on it and it will Hibernate!

Thanks a lot,

SupportX

-----Original Message-----
 
Kemco said:
Supportx,

Hibernation does not occur manually it only occurs when the computer has
been out of use for a while.
Click to expand...

Not so, at least the "only" part. Hibernate should also be a shutdown
option, as Supportx has determined. I've set my HP to hibernate when I
push the power button on my computer. You can also set power options to
hibernate after a given period of inactivity.
 
Normally the "hibernate" option only displays on machines who support
hibernation. Never the less, following hotfix,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;893056 , adresses the
issue if the option would have dissapeared after installing XP SP2.
You'll have to do some registry editing though.

If your machine has about 1GB or more of RAM, than you won't be able to
hibernate neither if you have XP SP2 installed. The hotfix for this problem,
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330909/en-us , reffered to as KB330909
(Hibernation problem on computers with 1 GB of RAM), ought to be included
within SP2, so you cannot install it when SP2 is already installed. And
although "they" say fragmentation could be the cause, I can say that it isn't
because the problem persists after defragmentation.

I hope this helps.
 
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