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Charles Lavin
Hi --
I have a Windows XP Pro SP3 box with the following Power settings:
When the computer is plugged in:
System standby: After 2 hours
System hibernates: After 3 hours
The computer does neither. If the computer is left to run a task, and that
task completes, the computer will sit there idle for hours and hours and
hours and never switch off.
The computer goes into Standby or Hibernate mode on demand without any
problem.
Which leads me to question 2:
Is there a way to script a hibernation (or even standby) call on a WinXP SP3
machine?
The shutdown command in Windows Vista includes a /h flag to hibernate the
machine. In this scenario under Windows Vista I would simply command the PC
to "at 3 am today shutdown /h".
I would have thought that by now that option would have made it to Windows
XP ... but apparently it hasn't. The only options I still see on a Windows
XP shutdown command are -s and -r to shutdown and restart, respectively. Is
there any other command to make Windows XP go to sleep?
Thanks,
CL
I have a Windows XP Pro SP3 box with the following Power settings:
When the computer is plugged in:
System standby: After 2 hours
System hibernates: After 3 hours
The computer does neither. If the computer is left to run a task, and that
task completes, the computer will sit there idle for hours and hours and
hours and never switch off.
The computer goes into Standby or Hibernate mode on demand without any
problem.
Which leads me to question 2:
Is there a way to script a hibernation (or even standby) call on a WinXP SP3
machine?
The shutdown command in Windows Vista includes a /h flag to hibernate the
machine. In this scenario under Windows Vista I would simply command the PC
to "at 3 am today shutdown /h".
I would have thought that by now that option would have made it to Windows
XP ... but apparently it hasn't. The only options I still see on a Windows
XP shutdown command are -s and -r to shutdown and restart, respectively. Is
there any other command to make Windows XP go to sleep?
Thanks,
CL