Computer maintenance in standby or hibernate?

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Can one schedule computer maintenance (OS auto updates, hard drive defrag,
anti virus updates, anti adware sweeps etc.) while the computer is in
hibernate or standby or must the computer be left on and in the up and
running state? Thanks for your help.
 
The computer must up and running!

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Hi,

Standby - yes.
Hibernate - no.

In standby (aka sleep), the system is still powered on, in hibernate the
systems is powered off - the only difference between it and truly being off
is that the contents of the system ram were copied to hiberfil.sys before it
shuts down.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
In sleep state 3 (drives down - fans not spinning - power light blinking),
the computer must be awakened to do anything. If a maintenance program is
not capable of doing this, the task will be missed. Some programs may be
able to accomplish this - or not.

It would take a physical pulse to the power switch or a momentary electrical
contact closure across the switch terminals, which should be doable with the
correct additional hardware.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
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