Can't find hibernate

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Don J

How do I enable the hibernate capability of Win XP! All the written
material I have implies that there is nothing in the hardware that would
prevent it. I can find nothing that describes how to enable it.

My Power Options Properties sheet contains an advance tab but no
hibernate tab. The advaced tab has an Options section and a Power Buttons
section. The Options section contains a single button: "always show icon on
the tasbar". The Power Buttons section has a single pull down chart:
"WhenI press the power button on my computer:" The power buttons box has
three selections: "do nothing", "ask me what to do" and "Stand by".
 
The tab only appears if your hardware supports it. The usual culprit is
either the graphics card or the soundcard. You might check the your card
manufacturer's website for updated drivers and make sure they are supporting
your card in XP.
 
-----Original Message-----
How do I enable the hibernate capability of Win XP! All the written
material I have implies that there is nothing in the hardware that would
prevent it. I can find nothing that describes how to enable it.

My Power Options Properties sheet contains an advance tab but no
hibernate tab. The advaced tab has an Options section and a Power Buttons
section. The Options section contains a single button: "always show icon on
the tasbar". The Power Buttons section has a single pull down chart:
"WhenI press the power button on my computer:" The power buttons box has
three selections: "do nothing", "ask me what to do" and "Stand by".




.Try hitting the following keys at the same time, Ctrl,
Click to expand...
Alt, Delete. This will bring up Windows task manager in
XP. under the word "shutdown" click on it, it will show
you options like restart and hibernate.
 
The Shut Down menu in Windows Task Manager has the lines "Standby" and
"Hiobernate" grey'ed out.

don J

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A few weeks ago my system supported "Standby" and "Hibernate". But now I
have reinstalled Windows XP and it does'nt. Another thing has changed: The
system used to play sound but now it does'nt. I'm thinking of your comment
about bad soundcards interfering with standby and hibernate. I wonder!

Don J

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Not necessarily bad. One, it could be a card that doesn't support it. In
your case, it appears it does support it because it did work at one time.
If you reinstalled XP, whether you did it clean or over the top, you may
need to remove reinstall the drivers for your graphics card and soundcard to
restore this function as the reinstall may have corrupted the drivers if it
was an over the top installation or if a clean install, the drivers may need
to be updated.

However, before doing anything with the drivers, you might try a repair
install as follows and see if it restores the functionality to you:

The following assumes you have an actual XP CD as opposed to a recovery CD:

NOTE, while a repair install should leave your data files intact, if
something goes wrong during the repair install, you may be forced to start
over and do a clean install of XP. If you don't have your data backed up,
you would lose your data should that eventuality occur.

Boot from the CD. If your system is set to be able to boot from the CD, it
should detect the disk and give a brief message, during the boot up, if you
wish to boot from the CD press any key.

Once you have pressed a key, setup should begin. You will see a reference
asking if you need to load special drivers and another notice that if you
wish to begin the ASR (Automatic Recovery Console) depress F2. Just let
setup run past all of that. It will continue to load files and drivers.

Then it will bring you to a screen. Eventually, you will come to a screen
with the option to (1) setup Windows or (2) Repair Windows Installation
using the Recovery console.

The first option, to setup Windows is the one you want and requires you to
press enter. When asked, press F8 to accept the end user agreement. Setup
will then search for previous versions of Windows. Upon finding your
version, it will ask if you wish to Repair your current installation or
install fresh. Press R, that will run a repair installation. From there
on, follow the screens.

If you only have a recovery CD, your options are quite limited. You can
either purchase a retail version of XP will allow you to perform the above
among other tools and options it has or you can run your system recovery
routine with the Recovery CD which will likely wipe your drive, deleting all
files but will restore your setup to factory fresh condition.
 
Don,
Hopefully after you reinstalled XP, you went immediately to Windows Update.
Sounds to me like your Video Card and Sound Card drivers got changed
somehow. You might try looking at the Device Manager to see if these devices
are enabled and reflect proper operation. List what these are in your next
post.
 
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