Purpose of standby

[DJS0302]

Does standby really do anything? I have my computer set up so that it turns
off the monitor after 20 minutes of idle time and it powers down the hard drive
after 1 hour of idle time. What's the difference between doing that and using
standby?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Huh?

Using the Power Options to shut off the monitor and hard drive IS using
standby, they are the same thing.

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[DJS0302]

Using the Power Options to shut off the monitor and hard drive IS using

standby, they are the same thing.

Then why the hell is there a button that says "Standby" when access the
shutdown menu?

 

[CS]

Then why the hell is there a button that says "Standby" when access the
shutdown menu?

They're not the same thing. On machines that are fully ACPI
compatible "Standby" does more than just shut the monitor and hard
drives off. Standby will also shut off fans, put the CPU into a low
power state, and put other devices to sleep. Not very useful on a
desktop but certainly helpful for laptops to conserve battery power.

 

[Steve Nielsen]

They're not the same thing. On machines that are fully ACPI
compatible "Standby" does more than just shut the monitor and hard
drives off. Standby will also shut off fans, put the CPU into a low
power state, and put other devices to sleep. Not very useful on a
desktop but certainly helpful for laptops to conserve battery power.

True. Now if they'd just make laptops that consistently come OUT of
Standby properly that'd be a real plus.



Steve

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

There are varying states of standby achieved on different machines. Also,
like virtually anything else, there is more than one way to get things done
(you can run a program from the start menu, from the desktop icon, from a
run prompt, from its executable - all achieve the same thing, but it can be
invoked in many different manners).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org