Standby Function

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It appears that I don't have the use of the standby function. I went to the
Help and Support Center. And this is what it tells me to do: "To manually
put your computer on standby
Open Power Options in Control Panel.
On the Advanced tab, under When I press the power button on my computer,
click Standby. If you are using a portable computer, click Standby under When
I close the lid of my portable computer.
Click OK or Apply, and then turn off the power or close the lid of your
portable computer." The problem I have is that when I go to 'When I press
the power botton on my computer, click Standby' is that I don't have that
option. I have three options and they are 1. Do nothing 2. Ask me what to
do 3. Shutdown. Does anyone know what I can do to use the standby function?
I appreciate any suggestions. Thank you.

Ernie...........

 

[TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

Power management features-in particular standby and hibernation-rely on device
drivers that support power management in addition to compatible hardware. In
particular, incompatible video drivers prevent these features from working. The
built-in VGA driver, for example, is a bare-bones driver that doesn't support power
management.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/nostandby.mspx

also
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_standby.htm





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| It appears that I don't have the use of the standby function. I went to the
| Help and Support Center. And this is what it tells me to do: "To manually
| put your computer on standby
| Open Power Options in Control Panel.
| On the Advanced tab, under When I press the power button on my computer,
| click Standby. If you are using a portable computer, click Standby under When
| I close the lid of my portable computer.
| Click OK or Apply, and then turn off the power or close the lid of your
| portable computer." The problem I have is that when I go to 'When I press
| the power botton on my computer, click Standby' is that I don't have that
| option. I have three options and they are 1. Do nothing 2. Ask me what to
| do 3. Shutdown. Does anyone know what I can do to use the standby function?
| I appreciate any suggestions. Thank you.
|
| Ernie...........
|