VISTA IS A CRIME TO HUMANITY! And here is why>

[carl feredeck]

Just another reason why Vista is badly designed crap and here is more proof.

Can you say global warming? The Vista OS made SLEEP mode the STANDARD way to turn off the computer when you press the off button on
the start menu. They also hid the HIBERNATION feature! You can enable hibernation ONLY if you do a tweak!

Sleep mode NEVER turns off the pc completely.. the power supply and other circuits keep DRAINING watts of energy for no real reason.
The BEST way was to use hibernation that saves the files you are working on and REALLY turns off the PC.

For example I tried sleep mode on my desktop.. in disgust I saw that the power supply was still running, fans rotating, and making noise!

WHAT IS MICROSOFT THINKING?????

From the MS site I give you this: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w...006/12/08/windows-vista-power-management.aspx

"Everyone knows that turning a TV off doesn't really turn it off. It is still available to receive the remote control signal, etc. so that it can come back on quickly. We wanted to emulate this for Windows Vista machines."

They DARE say that they are doing this to CONSERVE POWER?????? WHAT CRAP!!!!

MS does not want to conserve energy. They wanted to give an "ease of use to vista" so they can sell more, its all about marketing... and didn't care skit about ecology!

Sleep mode in vista makes your computer just another ENERGY SUCKING machine in "STANDBY MODE"

You may chuckle and say how much energy can a standby machine drain? THE FACTS ARE WORSE THAN YOU THINK!

See here:
http://www.powerint.com/greenroom/faqs.htm
http://www.grinningplanet.com/2004/10-26/vampire-power-electricity-article.htm

"Even though home electronics aren't typically the biggest electricity users in a house, vampire power can still cost you up to 10% of your electric bill. Estimates of the cost to consumers and businesses for all the electricity lost to vampire power in the US range from $1 billion to $3.5 billion annually".

Now 5 - 10 % of the bill, means 5 - 10% of the energy, and that means 5 -10 out of 100 power stations are working full time burning fossil fuel just for these "Vampire machines"
while they sit sleeping, doing NOTHING!

Now it wasn't enough that we had VCRs dvdplayers TVs and other crap draining the energy without doing anything...

NOW with VISTA MICROSOFT JUST ADDED HEAT TO THE PROBLEM (pun intentional) by adding MILLIONS of computers in standby mode!!! THIS IS A CRIME TO HUMANITY!

Microsoft should FIX THIS right away with SP1 making hibernation available in the menu again, making sleep NON DEFAULT and educating the public about energy conservation

Here is an interesting page I found when writing this:
http://www.exoid.com/?page_id=47

I don't know if ANYONE can say anything against what I am saying above. The earth is not doing well.. its heating up too fast.. far sooner that what they thought.

If you mock me you are probably a blind vista follower... eating whatever they give you without using your brain!
I know many people like this here in this newsgroup... they will probably reply to this post saying something stupid!

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Just another reason why Vista is badly designed crap and here is more proof.

<snip>


Yes, this is something that surprised me when I started using the betas, and
I assumed that they would change it. I know how to change it, but the
average computer user would not. It's more than a crime to humanity.

ss.

 

[Bill Yanaire]

You are a brain dead moron. Global warming comes from you spewing garbage all over the place. Just in protest, I'm going to leave the TV on all day!

Just another reason why Vista is badly designed crap and here is more proof.

Can you say global warming? The Vista OS made SLEEP mode the STANDARD way to turn off the computer when you press the off button on
the start menu. They also hid the HIBERNATION feature! You can enable hibernation ONLY if you do a tweak!

Sleep mode NEVER turns off the pc completely.. the power supply and other circuits keep DRAINING watts of energy for no real reason.
The BEST way was to use hibernation that saves the files you are working on and REALLY turns off the PC.

For example I tried sleep mode on my desktop.. in disgust I saw that the power supply was still running, fans rotating, and making noise!

WHAT IS MICROSOFT THINKING?????

From the MS site I give you this: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w...006/12/08/windows-vista-power-management.aspx

"Everyone knows that turning a TV off doesn't really turn it off. It is still available to receive the remote control signal, etc. so that it can come back on quickly. We wanted to emulate this for Windows Vista machines."

They DARE say that they are doing this to CONSERVE POWER?????? WHAT CRAP!!!!

MS does not want to conserve energy. They wanted to give an "ease of use to vista" so they can sell more, its all about marketing... and didn't care skit about ecology!

Sleep mode in vista makes your computer just another ENERGY SUCKING machine in "STANDBY MODE"

You may chuckle and say how much energy can a standby machine drain? THE FACTS ARE WORSE THAN YOU THINK!

See here:
http://www.powerint.com/greenroom/faqs.htm
http://www.grinningplanet.com/2004/10-26/vampire-power-electricity-article.htm

"Even though home electronics aren't typically the biggest electricity users in a house, vampire power can still cost you up to 10% of your electric bill. Estimates of the cost to consumers and businesses for all the electricity lost to vampire power in the US range from $1 billion to $3.5 billion annually".

Now 5 - 10 % of the bill, means 5 - 10% of the energy, and that means 5 -10 out of 100 power stations are working full time burning fossil fuel just for these "Vampire machines"
while they sit sleeping, doing NOTHING!

Now it wasn't enough that we had VCRs dvdplayers TVs and other crap draining the energy without doing anything...

NOW with VISTA MICROSOFT JUST ADDED HEAT TO THE PROBLEM (pun intentional) by adding MILLIONS of computers in standby mode!!! THIS IS A CRIME TO HUMANITY!

Microsoft should FIX THIS right away with SP1 making hibernation available in the menu again, making sleep NON DEFAULT and educating the public about energy conservation

Here is an interesting page I found when writing this:
http://www.exoid.com/?page_id=47

I don't know if ANYONE can say anything against what I am saying above. The earth is not doing well.. its heating up too fast.. far sooner that what they thought.

If you mock me you are probably a blind vista follower... eating whatever they give you without using your brain!
I know many people like this here in this newsgroup... they will probably reply to this post saying something stupid!

 

[John E]

Just another reason why Vista is badly designed crap and here is more proof.

Can you say global warming? The Vista OS made SLEEP mode the STANDARD way to
turn off the computer when you press the off button on
the start menu. They also hid the HIBERNATION feature! You can enable
hibernation ONLY if you do a tweak!

Sleep mode NEVER turns off the pc completely.. the power supply and other
circuits keep DRAINING watts of energy for no real reason.
The BEST way was to use hibernation that saves the files you are working on
and REALLY turns off the PC.

For example I tried sleep mode on my desktop.. in disgust I saw that the
power supply was still running, fans rotating, and making noise!

WHAT IS MICROSOFT THINKING?????

From the MS site I give you this:
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w...006/12/08/windows-vista-power-management.aspx

"Everyone knows that turning a TV off doesn't really turn it off. It is
still available to receive the remote control signal, etc. so that it can
come back on quickly. We wanted to emulate this for Windows Vista
machines."

They DARE say that they are doing this to CONSERVE POWER?????? WHAT CRAP!!!!

MS does not want to conserve energy. They wanted to give an "ease of use to
vista" so they can sell more, its all about marketing... and didn't care
skit about ecology!

Sleep mode in vista makes your computer just another ENERGY SUCKING machine
in "STANDBY MODE"

You may chuckle and say how much energy can a standby machine drain? THE
FACTS ARE WORSE THAN YOU THINK!

See here:
http://www.powerint.com/greenroom/faqs.htm
http://www.grinningplanet.com/2004/10-26/vampire-power-electricity-article.htm

"Even though home electronics aren't typically the biggest electricity users
in a house, vampire power can still cost you up to 10% of your electric
bill. Estimates of the cost to consumers and businesses for all the
electricity lost to vampire power in the US range from $1 billion to $3.5
billion annually".

Now 5 - 10 % of the bill, means 5 - 10% of the energy, and that means 5 -10
out of 100 power stations are working full time burning fossil fuel just for
these "Vampire machines"
while they sit sleeping, doing NOTHING!

Now it wasn't enough that we had VCRs dvdplayers TVs and other crap draining
the energy without doing anything...

NOW with VISTA MICROSOFT JUST ADDED HEAT TO THE PROBLEM (pun intentional) by
adding MILLIONS of computers in standby mode!!! THIS IS A CRIME TO HUMANITY!

Microsoft should FIX THIS right away with SP1 making hibernation available
in the menu again, making sleep NON DEFAULT and educating the public about
energy conservation

Here is an interesting page I found when writing this:
http://www.exoid.com/?page_id=47

I don't know if ANYONE can say anything against what I am saying above. The
earth is not doing well.. its heating up too fast.. far sooner that what
they thought.

If you mock me you are probably a blind vista follower... eating whatever
they give you without using your brain!
I know many people like this here in this newsgroup... they will probably
reply to this post saying something stupid!

---

Have you actually considered unplugging your PC at the mains? That's what I
do. Amazingly it works every time, and with every operating system,
including Vista, XP, Linux, DOS. You name it. I've used it for years.

Probably a bit too sophisticated for some...

John.

 

[Bill Yanaire]

When you are done using your computer Power it off.

When you want to use your computer. Power it on.


Just another reason why Vista is badly designed crap and here is more proof.

Can you say global warming? The Vista OS made SLEEP mode the STANDARD way to turn off the computer when you press the off button on
the start menu. They also hid the HIBERNATION feature! You can enable hibernation ONLY if you do a tweak!

Sleep mode NEVER turns off the pc completely.. the power supply and other circuits keep DRAINING watts of energy for no real reason.
The BEST way was to use hibernation that saves the files you are working on and REALLY turns off the PC.

For example I tried sleep mode on my desktop.. in disgust I saw that the power supply was still running, fans rotating, and making noise!

WHAT IS MICROSOFT THINKING?????

From the MS site I give you this: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w...006/12/08/windows-vista-power-management.aspx

"Everyone knows that turning a TV off doesn't really turn it off. It is still available to receive the remote control signal, etc. so that it can come back on quickly. We wanted to emulate this for Windows Vista machines."

They DARE say that they are doing this to CONSERVE POWER?????? WHAT CRAP!!!!

MS does not want to conserve energy. They wanted to give an "ease of use to vista" so they can sell more, its all about marketing... and didn't care skit about ecology!

Sleep mode in vista makes your computer just another ENERGY SUCKING machine in "STANDBY MODE"

You may chuckle and say how much energy can a standby machine drain? THE FACTS ARE WORSE THAN YOU THINK!

See here:
http://www.powerint.com/greenroom/faqs.htm
http://www.grinningplanet.com/2004/10-26/vampire-power-electricity-article.htm

"Even though home electronics aren't typically the biggest electricity users in a house, vampire power can still cost you up to 10% of your electric bill. Estimates of the cost to consumers and businesses for all the electricity lost to vampire power in the US range from $1 billion to $3.5 billion annually".

Now 5 - 10 % of the bill, means 5 - 10% of the energy, and that means 5 -10 out of 100 power stations are working full time burning fossil fuel just for these "Vampire machines"
while they sit sleeping, doing NOTHING!

Now it wasn't enough that we had VCRs dvdplayers TVs and other crap draining the energy without doing anything...

NOW with VISTA MICROSOFT JUST ADDED HEAT TO THE PROBLEM (pun intentional) by adding MILLIONS of computers in standby mode!!! THIS IS A CRIME TO HUMANITY!

Microsoft should FIX THIS right away with SP1 making hibernation available in the menu again, making sleep NON DEFAULT and educating the public about energy conservation

Here is an interesting page I found when writing this:
http://www.exoid.com/?page_id=47

I don't know if ANYONE can say anything against what I am saying above. The earth is not doing well.. its heating up too fast.. far sooner that what they thought.

If you mock me you are probably a blind vista follower... eating whatever they give you without using your brain!
I know many people like this here in this newsgroup... they will probably reply to this post saying something stupid!

 

[carl feredeck]

I hope this post gets into some blog so people can see
what you replied...
One word describes you: Ignorant!


You are a brain dead moron. Global warming comes from you spewing garbage all over the place. Just in protest, I'm going to leave the TV on all day!

Just another reason why Vista is badly designed crap and here is more proof.

Can you say global warming? The Vista OS made SLEEP mode the STANDARD way to turn off the computer when you press the off button on
the start menu. They also hid the HIBERNATION feature! You can enable hibernation ONLY if you do a tweak!

Sleep mode NEVER turns off the pc completely.. the power supply and other circuits keep DRAINING watts of energy for no real reason.
The BEST way was to use hibernation that saves the files you are working on and REALLY turns off the PC.

For example I tried sleep mode on my desktop.. in disgust I saw that the power supply was still running, fans rotating, and making noise!

WHAT IS MICROSOFT THINKING?????

From the MS site I give you this: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w...006/12/08/windows-vista-power-management.aspx

"Everyone knows that turning a TV off doesn't really turn it off. It is still available to receive the remote control signal, etc. so that it can come back on quickly. We wanted to emulate this for Windows Vista machines."

They DARE say that they are doing this to CONSERVE POWER?????? WHAT CRAP!!!!

MS does not want to conserve energy. They wanted to give an "ease of use to vista" so they can sell more, its all about marketing... and didn't care skit about ecology!

Sleep mode in vista makes your computer just another ENERGY SUCKING machine in "STANDBY MODE"

You may chuckle and say how much energy can a standby machine drain? THE FACTS ARE WORSE THAN YOU THINK!

See here:
http://www.powerint.com/greenroom/faqs.htm
http://www.grinningplanet.com/2004/10-26/vampire-power-electricity-article.htm

"Even though home electronics aren't typically the biggest electricity users in a house, vampire power can still cost you up to 10% of your electric bill. Estimates of the cost to consumers and businesses for all the electricity lost to vampire power in the US range from $1 billion to $3.5 billion annually".

Now 5 - 10 % of the bill, means 5 - 10% of the energy, and that means 5 -10 out of 100 power stations are working full time burning fossil fuel just for these "Vampire machines"
while they sit sleeping, doing NOTHING!

Now it wasn't enough that we had VCRs dvdplayers TVs and other crap draining the energy without doing anything...

NOW with VISTA MICROSOFT JUST ADDED HEAT TO THE PROBLEM (pun intentional) by adding MILLIONS of computers in standby mode!!! THIS IS A CRIME TO HUMANITY!

Microsoft should FIX THIS right away with SP1 making hibernation available in the menu again, making sleep NON DEFAULT and educating the public about energy conservation

Here is an interesting page I found when writing this:
http://www.exoid.com/?page_id=47

I don't know if ANYONE can say anything against what I am saying above. The earth is not doing well.. its heating up too fast.. far sooner that what they thought.

If you mock me you are probably a blind vista follower... eating whatever they give you without using your brain!
I know many people like this here in this newsgroup... they will probably reply to this post saying something stupid!

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

When you are done using your computer Power it off.

When you want to use your computer. Power it on.

The point is not what he does personally. The point is what Vista, a global
operating system, does by default. You are the one who is being a moron.

ss.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Have you actually considered unplugging your PC at the mains? That's what
I do. Amazingly it works every time, and with every operating system,
including Vista, XP, Linux, DOS. You name it. I've used it for years.

Probably a bit too sophisticated for some...

Whooosh!!!

ss.

 

[Richard Urban]

So, do you pull the plug on your TV to *really* save power, or do you just
turn it off so it comes back on quickly? Be honest now! You don't, do you.
You just like to blow wind and make waves.

It goes along with your outburst that you should yank the TV plug out of the
wall socket when you are not actively viewing the TV.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

 

[Frank]

Just another reason why Vista is badly designed crap and here is more proof.

Can you say global warming? The Vista OS made SLEEP mode the STANDARD
way to turn off the computer when you press the off button on
the start menu. They also hid the HIBERNATION feature! You can
enable hibernation ONLY if you do a tweak!

Sleep mode NEVER turns off the pc completely.. the power supply and
other circuits keep DRAINING watts of energy for no real reason.
The BEST way was to use hibernation that saves the files you are working
on and REALLY turns off the PC.

For example I tried sleep mode on my desktop.. in disgust I saw that the
power supply was still running, fans rotating, and making noise!

WHAT IS MICROSOFT THINKING?????

From the MS site I give you this:
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w...006/12/08/windows-vista-power-management.aspx

*"Everyone knows that turning a TV off doesn’t really turn it off. It
is still available to receive the remote control signal, etc. so that it
can come back on quickly. We wanted to emulate this for Windows Vista
machines."*
**
*They DARE say that they are doing this to CONSERVE POWER?????? WHAT
CRAP!!!!*
**
MS does not want to conserve energy. They wanted to give an "ease of use
to vista" so they can sell more, its all about marketing... and didn't
care skit about ecology!

Sleep mode in vista makes your computer just another ENERGY SUCKING
machine in "STANDBY MODE"

You may chuckle and say how much energy can a standby machine drain? THE
FACTS ARE WORSE THAN YOU THINK!

See here:
http://www.powerint.com/greenroom/faqs.htm
http://www.grinningplanet.com/2004/10-26/vampire-power-electricity-article.htm
"Even though home electronics aren't typically the biggest electricity
users in a house, vampire power can still cost you up to 10% of your
electric bill. Estimates of the cost to consumers and businesses for all
the electricity lost to vampire power in the US range from $1 billion to
$3.5 billion annually".

Now 5 - 10 % of the bill, means 5 - 10% of the energy, and that means 5
-10 out of 100 power stations are working full time burning fossil fuel
just for these "Vampire machines"
while they sit sleeping, doing NOTHING!

Now it wasn't enough that we had VCRs dvdplayers TVs and other crap
draining the energy without doing anything...

NOW with VISTA MICROSOFT JUST ADDED HEAT TO THE PROBLEM (pun
intentional) by adding MILLIONS of computers in standby mode!!! THIS IS
A CRIME TO HUMANITY!

Microsoft should FIX THIS right away with SP1 making hibernation
available in the menu again, making sleep NON DEFAULT and educating the
public about energy conservation

Here is an interesting page I found when writing this:
http://www.exoid.com/?page_id=47

I don't know if ANYONE can say anything against what I am saying above.
The earth is not doing well.. its heating up too fast.. far sooner that
what they thought.

If you mock me you are probably a blind vista follower... eating
whatever they give you without using your brain!
I know many people like this here in this newsgroup... they will
probably reply to this post saying something stupid!

You bandwidth sucking moron! You've wasted more energy posting this
diatribe of a message than all the Vista computers in the world use in
sleep mode.
Get lost you stupid jackass.
Frank

 

[Frank]

Whooosh!!!

ss.

Hahahah...you didn't even have to duck to avoid being hit up side your
stupid head by that one.
Idiot!
Frank

 

[Gary]

What a Moron.
Did you ever notice that when you press that on off button on your computer it doesn't shut off the power to your power supply it just sends a signal to it to go into a low power mode. Your power supply is still ON! The only way to shut it off is the on off switch on the power supply or unplug it.

How about all those vampire power supplies you have plugged in?

Crime to humanity give me a break what a idiot.
Just another reason why Vista is badly designed crap and here is more proof.

Can you say global warming? The Vista OS made SLEEP mode the STANDARD way to turn off the computer when you press the off button on
the start menu. They also hid the HIBERNATION feature! You can enable hibernation ONLY if you do a tweak!

Sleep mode NEVER turns off the pc completely.. the power supply and other circuits keep DRAINING watts of energy for no real reason.
The BEST way was to use hibernation that saves the files you are working on and REALLY turns off the PC.

For example I tried sleep mode on my desktop.. in disgust I saw that the power supply was still running, fans rotating, and making noise!

WHAT IS MICROSOFT THINKING?????

From the MS site I give you this: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w...006/12/08/windows-vista-power-management.aspx

"Everyone knows that turning a TV off doesn't really turn it off. It is still available to receive the remote control signal, etc. so that it can come back on quickly. We wanted to emulate this for Windows Vista machines."

They DARE say that they are doing this to CONSERVE POWER?????? WHAT CRAP!!!!

MS does not want to conserve energy. They wanted to give an "ease of use to vista" so they can sell more, its all about marketing... and didn't care skit about ecology!

Sleep mode in vista makes your computer just another ENERGY SUCKING machine in "STANDBY MODE"

You may chuckle and say how much energy can a standby machine drain? THE FACTS ARE WORSE THAN YOU THINK!

See here:
http://www.powerint.com/greenroom/faqs.htm
http://www.grinningplanet.com/2004/10-26/vampire-power-electricity-article.htm

"Even though home electronics aren't typically the biggest electricity users in a house, vampire power can still cost you up to 10% of your electric bill. Estimates of the cost to consumers and businesses for all the electricity lost to vampire power in the US range from $1 billion to $3.5 billion annually".

Now 5 - 10 % of the bill, means 5 - 10% of the energy, and that means 5 -10 out of 100 power stations are working full time burning fossil fuel just for these "Vampire machines"
while they sit sleeping, doing NOTHING!

Now it wasn't enough that we had VCRs dvdplayers TVs and other crap draining the energy without doing anything...

NOW with VISTA MICROSOFT JUST ADDED HEAT TO THE PROBLEM (pun intentional) by adding MILLIONS of computers in standby mode!!! THIS IS A CRIME TO HUMANITY!

Microsoft should FIX THIS right away with SP1 making hibernation available in the menu again, making sleep NON DEFAULT and educating the public about energy conservation

Here is an interesting page I found when writing this:
http://www.exoid.com/?page_id=47

I don't know if ANYONE can say anything against what I am saying above. The earth is not doing well.. its heating up too fast.. far sooner that what they thought.

If you mock me you are probably a blind vista follower... eating whatever they give you without using your brain!
I know many people like this here in this newsgroup... they will probably reply to this post saying something stupid!

 

[David A. Spicer]

Vista's role Global Warming is small potatoes. XP was a major player in 9/11.
--------------------
Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.


Just another reason why Vista is badly designed crap and here is more proof.

Can you say global warming? The Vista OS made SLEEP mode the STANDARD way to turn off the computer when you press the off button on
the start menu. They also hid the HIBERNATION feature! You can enable hibernation ONLY if you do a tweak!

Sleep mode NEVER turns off the pc completely.. the power supply and other circuits keep DRAINING watts of energy for no real reason.
The BEST way was to use hibernation that saves the files you are working on and REALLY turns off the PC.

For example I tried sleep mode on my desktop.. in disgust I saw that the power supply was still running, fans rotating, and making noise!

WHAT IS MICROSOFT THINKING?????

From the MS site I give you this: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w...006/12/08/windows-vista-power-management.aspx

"Everyone knows that turning a TV off doesn't really turn it off. It is still available to receive the remote control signal, etc. so that it can come back on quickly. We wanted to emulate this for Windows Vista machines."

They DARE say that they are doing this to CONSERVE POWER?????? WHAT CRAP!!!!

MS does not want to conserve energy. They wanted to give an "ease of use to vista" so they can sell more, its all about marketing... and didn't care skit about ecology!

Sleep mode in vista makes your computer just another ENERGY SUCKING machine in "STANDBY MODE"

You may chuckle and say how much energy can a standby machine drain? THE FACTS ARE WORSE THAN YOU THINK!

See here:
http://www.powerint.com/greenroom/faqs.htm
http://www.grinningplanet.com/2004/10-26/vampire-power-electricity-article.htm

"Even though home electronics aren't typically the biggest electricity users in a house, vampire power can still cost you up to 10% of your electric bill. Estimates of the cost to consumers and businesses for all the electricity lost to vampire power in the US range from $1 billion to $3.5 billion annually".

Now 5 - 10 % of the bill, means 5 - 10% of the energy, and that means 5 -10 out of 100 power stations are working full time burning fossil fuel just for these "Vampire machines"
while they sit sleeping, doing NOTHING!

Now it wasn't enough that we had VCRs dvdplayers TVs and other crap draining the energy without doing anything...

NOW with VISTA MICROSOFT JUST ADDED HEAT TO THE PROBLEM (pun intentional) by adding MILLIONS of computers in standby mode!!! THIS IS A CRIME TO HUMANITY!

Microsoft should FIX THIS right away with SP1 making hibernation available in the menu again, making sleep NON DEFAULT and educating the public about energy conservation

Here is an interesting page I found when writing this:
http://www.exoid.com/?page_id=47

I don't know if ANYONE can say anything against what I am saying above. The earth is not doing well.. its heating up too fast.. far sooner that what they thought.

If you mock me you are probably a blind vista follower... eating whatever they give you without using your brain!
I know many people like this here in this newsgroup... they will probably reply to this post saying something stupid!

 

[Guest]

don't see what the problem is .there is a multitude of ways to turn
off/hibernate /log off/switch users ect ...its the button next to the button
with the lock on it ,just move the curser slightly to the right and click,
then all your options will apear but if you can't be botherd to do that then
configure your laptop to hibernate when you close the lid (think it does by
default so you probably won't even have to bother doing that)

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Hahahah...you didn't even have to duck to avoid being hit up side your
stupid head by that one.

Admit it. You are actually a twelve year old using your mummy's computer.

Idiot!
Frank

^^^ Nice sig. Appropriate too!

ss.

 

[carl feredeck]

I dont use a TV.... when the last one broke, I never replaced it,
A TV set to me is prehistoric technolgy!
I dont use a home DVD player, nor a stereo...
I do have those machines, but they are in storage.. I dont use them and will
never buy new ones.

I do everything from my main computer..
I use a tv tuner card that functions as a tv..
The computer is also the dvd player and sound system.
And yes.. everything does turn off with a main switch.. even ths speakers
turn off.
Not that I watch tv much.. but anyway.. if I need it, its there.

 

[carl feredeck]

Did you ever notice that when you press that on off button on your computer it doesn't shut off the power to your power supply

I know how electronics work, thank you.

I use something like this with a switch to turn everything off
http://www.hometech.com/power/va-821807a.jpg

You should get one too.


What a Moron.
Did you ever notice that when you press that on off button on your computer it doesn't shut off the power to your power supply it just sends a signal to it to go into a low power mode. Your power supply is still ON! The only way to shut it off is the on off switch on the power supply or unplug it.

How about all those vampire power supplies you have plugged in?

Crime to humanity give me a break what a idiot.
Just another reason why Vista is badly designed crap and here is more proof.

Can you say global warming? The Vista OS made SLEEP mode the STANDARD way to turn off the computer when you press the off button on
the start menu. They also hid the HIBERNATION feature! You can enable hibernation ONLY if you do a tweak!

Sleep mode NEVER turns off the pc completely.. the power supply and other circuits keep DRAINING watts of energy for no real reason.
The BEST way was to use hibernation that saves the files you are working on and REALLY turns off the PC.

For example I tried sleep mode on my desktop.. in disgust I saw that the power supply was still running, fans rotating, and making noise!

WHAT IS MICROSOFT THINKING?????

From the MS site I give you this: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w...006/12/08/windows-vista-power-management.aspx

"Everyone knows that turning a TV off doesn't really turn it off. It is still available to receive the remote control signal, etc. so that it can come back on quickly. We wanted to emulate this for Windows Vista machines."

They DARE say that they are doing this to CONSERVE POWER?????? WHAT CRAP!!!!

MS does not want to conserve energy. They wanted to give an "ease of use to vista" so they can sell more, its all about marketing... and didn't care skit about ecology!

Sleep mode in vista makes your computer just another ENERGY SUCKING machine in "STANDBY MODE"

You may chuckle and say how much energy can a standby machine drain? THE FACTS ARE WORSE THAN YOU THINK!

See here:
http://www.powerint.com/greenroom/faqs.htm
http://www.grinningplanet.com/2004/10-26/vampire-power-electricity-article.htm

"Even though home electronics aren't typically the biggest electricity users in a house, vampire power can still cost you up to 10% of your electric bill. Estimates of the cost to consumers and businesses for all the electricity lost to vampire power in the US range from $1 billion to $3.5 billion annually".

Now 5 - 10 % of the bill, means 5 - 10% of the energy, and that means 5 -10 out of 100 power stations are working full time burning fossil fuel just for these "Vampire machines"
while they sit sleeping, doing NOTHING!

Now it wasn't enough that we had VCRs dvdplayers TVs and other crap draining the energy without doing anything...

NOW with VISTA MICROSOFT JUST ADDED HEAT TO THE PROBLEM (pun intentional) by adding MILLIONS of computers in standby mode!!! THIS IS A CRIME TO HUMANITY!

Microsoft should FIX THIS right away with SP1 making hibernation available in the menu again, making sleep NON DEFAULT and educating the public about energy conservation

Here is an interesting page I found when writing this:
http://www.exoid.com/?page_id=47

I don't know if ANYONE can say anything against what I am saying above. The earth is not doing well.. its heating up too fast.. far sooner that what they thought.

If you mock me you are probably a blind vista follower... eating whatever they give you without using your brain!
I know many people like this here in this newsgroup... they will probably reply to this post saying something stupid!

 

[The poster formerly known as Nina DiBoy]

What a Moron.
Did you ever notice that when you press that on off button on your
computer it doesn't shut off the power to your power supply it just
sends a signal to it to go into a low power mode. Your power supply is
still ON! The only way to shut it off is the on off switch on the power
supply or unplug it.

How about all those vampire power supplies you have plugged in?

Crime to humanity give me a break what a idiot.

Or just configure the power options like I do to make the power button
actually shut down the computer.

"carl feredeck" <[email protected]
Just another reason why Vista is badly designed crap and here is
more proof.

Can you say global warming? The Vista OS made SLEEP mode the
STANDARD way to turn off the computer when you press the off button on
the start menu. They also hid the HIBERNATION feature! You can
enable hibernation ONLY if you do a tweak!

Sleep mode NEVER turns off the pc completely.. the power supply and
other circuits keep DRAINING watts of energy for no real reason.
The BEST way was to use hibernation that saves the files you are
working on and REALLY turns off the PC.

For example I tried sleep mode on my desktop.. in disgust I saw that
the power supply was still running, fans rotating, and making noise!

WHAT IS MICROSOFT THINKING?????

From the MS site I give you this:
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w...006/12/08/windows-vista-power-management.aspx

*"Everyone knows that turning a TV off doesn’t really turn it off.
It is still available to receive the remote control signal, etc. so
that it can come back on quickly. We wanted to emulate this for
Windows Vista machines."*
**
*They DARE say that they are doing this to CONSERVE POWER?????? WHAT
CRAP!!!!*
**
MS does not want to conserve energy. They wanted to give an "ease of
use to vista" so they can sell more, its all about marketing... and
didn't care skit about ecology!

Sleep mode in vista makes your computer just another ENERGY SUCKING
machine in "STANDBY MODE"

You may chuckle and say how much energy can a standby machine drain?
THE FACTS ARE WORSE THAN YOU THINK!

See here:
http://www.powerint.com/greenroom/faqs.htm
http://www.grinningplanet.com/2004/10-26/vampire-power-electricity-article.htm
"Even though home electronics aren't typically the biggest
electricity users in a house, vampire power can still cost you up to
10% of your electric bill. Estimates of the cost to consumers and
businesses for all the electricity lost to vampire power in the US
range from $1 billion to $3.5 billion annually".

Now 5 - 10 % of the bill, means 5 - 10% of the energy, and that
means 5 -10 out of 100 power stations are working full time burning
fossil fuel just for these "Vampire machines"
while they sit sleeping, doing NOTHING!

Now it wasn't enough that we had VCRs dvdplayers TVs and other crap
draining the energy without doing anything...

NOW with VISTA MICROSOFT JUST ADDED HEAT TO THE PROBLEM (pun
intentional) by adding MILLIONS of computers in standby mode!!! THIS
IS A CRIME TO HUMANITY!

Microsoft should FIX THIS right away with SP1 making hibernation
available in the menu again, making sleep NON DEFAULT and educating
the public about energy conservation

Here is an interesting page I found when writing this:
http://www.exoid.com/?page_id=47

I don't know if ANYONE can say anything against what I am saying
above. The earth is not doing well.. its heating up too fast.. far
sooner that what they thought.

If you mock me you are probably a blind vista follower... eating
whatever they give you without using your brain!
I know many people like this here in this newsgroup... they will
probably reply to this post saying something stupid!

--
Priceless quotes in m.p.w.vista.general group:
http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html

"Only religious fanatics and totalitarian states equate morality with
legality."
- Linus Torvalds

 

[Gary]

Did you ever notice that when you press that on off button on your computer it doesn't shut off the power to your power supply

I know how electronics work, thank you.

I doubt it!

I use something like this with a switch to turn everything off
http://www.hometech.com/power/va-821807a.jpg

You should get one too.


I have something much better its a wall switch dumb ass.

 

[Bill Yanaire]

So you probably live in Montana somewhere in the back country, a loner, just
making trouble.