Scott,
I must admit, I am a little confused by your reply. Do you mean
by
"went to power profiles" that you issued the 'powercfg' command I quoted
earlier? Do you think you could post the exact output of that command
here,
for the sake of clarity?
Secondly, did you mean by "you knew how to do this on older operating
systems" that you knew how to get into the BIOS?
In case you need to know, the BIOS setup program is a tiny program
written
on to the BIOS chip on the motherboard.
This program is NOT part of the Windows XP Operating System it is
hard-written onto the BIOS chip and gives access to certain data that any
installed operating system will need about hardware and some user
preferences. Because of this, the program needs to be accessible before
the
operating system loads.
(The data in the BIOS chipset also includes the CMOS chip which keeps
the
system time alive when you unplug your PC)
You access it by pressing either F1, F2, F12, DEL or maybe another key.
Usually, the key you have to press to enter this setup program is stated
on
the screen *just after* you press the 'power on' button e.g. ""Press
F1
to enter setup"
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
Hello again.
First off my computer knowledge is limited so I apologize. I went to
the
power profiles and it listed the screen saver and then three standby
command
prompt lines S1, S2 and S3 and then a line for hibernation. There was
nothing
else on the prompt lines so I assume I need to go into the BIOS or EFI.
I
checked HELP but it doesn't tell me to to open up the BIOS. I knew how
to
do
this on older operating systems but don't knowm how to do it with XP
Professional. do you.
Thanks.
Scott.
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Scott M
:
Scott,
what exactly does "the screensaver clicks out" mean?
As for the second point about not having options to standby or
hibernate
available; try typing this into a 'Command Prompt' window:
POWERCFG /AVAILABLESLEEPSTATES
(you can also directly configure power profiles with this command.
Type
"powercfg /?" for usage instructions)
....if you get a reply telling you that you have none, your problem
here
is
most likely due to settings in the BIOS. Go into the BIOS setup
program
and
look for an option to, firstly, turn on APM (Advanced Power
Management)
and
second, to enable hibernate (S4 - save to disk) and standby (S2 & S3 -
save
to RAM) sleep states.
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
I'm using windows XP on a IBM Think Centre desktop. I've set the
screen
saver
and it works fine. I've set the monitor power shut down time but
when
it
comes into effect the screen saver clicks out and the monitor goes
back
to
my
desktop image. Also I've noticed that I don't have the option in
display
to
put the computer into standby or hibernate which I have on another
computer
which is the exact same with the same operationg system?
Thanks.
Scott.