Power Settings Help!

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We reformatted my son's Sony Vio laptop yesterday with XP Home Upgrade. The
System Standby By Icon that should appear when you elect to close down the
computer is not operative. It is "grey" and we cannot select this option;
only Restart or Shut Down. The Power Settings options through the Control
Panel does not list System Stand By or Hibernation.

Everything else works fine except the screen brightness option is not
available. This feature may have been a Sony feature? We did not reload
any of the OEM stuff.

Thanks for your advise, assistance!

Regards,
 
Get the XP versions of the proprietary drivers from Sony.


| We reformatted my son's Sony Vio laptop yesterday with XP
Home Upgrade. The
| System Standby By Icon that should appear when you elect
to close down the
| computer is not operative. It is "grey" and we cannot
select this option;
| only Restart or Shut Down. The Power Settings options
through the Control
| Panel does not list System Stand By or Hibernation.
|
| Everything else works fine except the screen brightness
option is not
| available. This feature may have been a Sony feature? We
did not reload
| any of the OEM stuff.
|
| Thanks for your advise, assistance!
|
| Regards,
|
|
| --
| T
|
|
 
The Standby button will become available once the correct video
card/adapter drivers are installed. It will appear when you click
Start > Turn Off Computer...

Laptop computers require specialized hardware drivers.
After repairing Windows XP, visit the support website of
the manufacturer of your laptop and download all the Windows
XP drivers designed to work with your specific laptop model,
especially the video adapter drivers.

Then right-click on your Desktop and select:
Properties > Setting and adjust your Screen Resolution
settings, then select "Highest (32 bit) Color Quality setting,
and click "apply".

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| We reformatted my son's Sony Vio laptop yesterday with XP Home Upgrade. The
| System Standby By Icon that should appear when you elect to close down the
| computer is not operative. It is "grey" and we cannot select this option;
| only Restart or Shut Down. The Power Settings options through the Control
| Panel does not list System Stand By or Hibernation.
|
| Everything else works fine except the screen brightness option is not
| available. This feature may have been a Sony feature? We did not reload
| any of the OEM stuff.
|
| Thanks for your advise, assistance!
|
| Regards,
|
|
| --
| T
 
Some of the 'OEM stuff' includes drivers for the laptop.. you may wish to
review it again..
 
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