Windows XP on Vista machine - hibernate function

[Woody Brison]

I've been mulling over a little problem. I bought a
Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop with Vista on it. I put up
with Vista as long as possible (until it completely
folded up and there was no method of restoring it.)
I got some XP install disks and used the license
from a defunct laptop to install XP. All legal and
agreed to by Microsoft.

Now, laptop is running fine with a few minor XP issues.
One is that there is no Hibernate function. Help sez:

"To manually put your computer into hibernation...

"Open Power Options in Control Panel.

"Click the Hibernate tab, and then select the Enable
hibernate support check box.

"If the Hibernate tab is not available, your computer
does not support this feature. ...

"To put your computer into hibernation, you must have
a computer whose components and BIOS support this
option."

I'm having trouble imagining what computer could not
hibernate. Can anybody help me out here? What would
be required other than a CPU, memory, a hard drive of
sufficient size, and a keyboard and screen? What
computer wouldn't have these? (Mine has these)

Wood

 

[Nepatsfan]

I've been mulling over a little problem. I bought a
Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop with Vista on it. I put up
with Vista as long as possible (until it completely
folded up and there was no method of restoring it.)
I got some XP install disks and used the license
from a defunct laptop to install XP. All legal and
agreed to by Microsoft.

Now, laptop is running fine with a few minor XP issues.
One is that there is no Hibernate function. Help sez:

"To manually put your computer into hibernation...

"Open Power Options in Control Panel.

"Click the Hibernate tab, and then select the Enable
hibernate support check box.

"If the Hibernate tab is not available, your computer
does not support this feature. ...

"To put your computer into hibernation, you must have
a computer whose components and BIOS support this
option."

I'm having trouble imagining what computer could not
hibernate. Can anybody help me out here? What would
be required other than a CPU, memory, a hard drive of
sufficient size, and a keyboard and screen? What
computer wouldn't have these? (Mine has these)

Wood

After you installed Windows XP, did you go to Dell's web site and download
the latest XP drivers for the hardware components of your laptop? The
symptoms you describe would indicate that the correct drivers for your
display adapter might not be installed.

Go to the following web site and click on Drivers and Downloads.

www.support.dell.com

Select your model or enter the information from the Service Tag on the
bottom of your laptop. Make sure you select Windows XP in the operating
system box.

Here's what I came up with.

http://support.dell.com/support/dow...NS_PNT_PM_1525&hidos=WLH&hidlang=en&TabIndex=

While at Dell's site, you might want to download some of the other drivers
for your laptop. I'd start with the appropriate chipset driver as well as
those for your network adapters, wired and wireless.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[VanguardLH]

I bought a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop with Vista on it. ... I got some
XP install disks and used the license from a defunct laptop to
install XP. All legal and agreed to by Microsoft.

Doesn't matter if the laptop got stolen, lost in a divorce suit to your
exspouse, burned, smashed to bits, doesn't work, or is sitting on a
shelf collecting dust. You are not allowed to transfer an OEM version
of Windows to another host. The OEM version sticks to whatever host on
which it was first installed regardless of the latter state of that
host. So, no, it wasn't legal.

 

[Woody Brison]

Doesn't matter if the laptop got stolen, lost in a divorce suit to your
exspouse, burned, smashed to bits, doesn't work, or is sitting on a
shelf collecting dust. You are not allowed to transfer an OEM version
of Windows to another host. The OEM version sticks to whatever host on
which it was first installed regardless of the latter state of that
host. So, no, it wasn't legal.

Let's say Alex owns a car dealership. He hires a salesman
named Bob, and goes home. Along comes Charlie, and Bob
sells him a car. But now Dudley sez Charlie doesn't legally
own the car, because Alex didn't agree to the sale. Is the
car legally C's or not? Yes, it is. When A authorized B to
sell his cars for him, he agreed to whatever sale B might
make. It's called agency.

When Microsoft set up their robot, they gave it full
authority to authorize XP on computers. When the robot
authorized my installation, by the principle of agency it
was just as if Steve Ballmer himself had written me a
official certificate, signed with ink from a rare and
endangered giant squid.

Wood

 

[Woody Brison]

After you installed Windows XP, did you go to Dell's web site and download
the latest XP drivers for the hardware components of your laptop?

Yes, a lot of them

... The
symptoms you describe would indicate that the correct drivers for your
display adapter might not be installed.

Yes, that's exactly what's going on.

Go to the following web site and click on Drivers and Downloads.

www.support.dell.com

Problem is, the history went like this:

Microsoft released XP
Dell produced a lot of computers
Microsoft released Vista
Dell produced the Inspiron 1525

Dell didn't envisioned people having a lot of heartburn over
Vista and didn't spend much effort making this machine run XP.
Some of the device drivers were written for, and only work with,
Vista and there are no XP drivers for those devices since the
device is new and XP is "old".

Select your model or enter the information from the Service Tag on the
bottom of your laptop. Make sure you select Windows XP in the operating
system box.

The drop down menu has Vista, XP as choices...

Here's what I came up with.

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=WW1&osl....

NOW, here's the fun part: try selecting XP. The page
reloads and gives you a whole batch of device drivers
for VISTA. XP has been deselected and Vista reinstated
in the drop down menu!

Sort of like when you try to vote for McCain, you punch
the button on the voting machine but it keeps reverting
to Obama.

While at Dell's site, you might want to download some of the other drivers
for your laptop. I'd start with the appropriate chipset driver as well as
those for your network adapters, wired and wireless.

Good luck

Thank you very much for your time here. Dell has been very
supportive, I was pleasantly surprised. Altho they have a
specific policy that "Dell does not support the operating
system swap" [ie. Vista retro back to XP] they were courteous,
and helped me all they could. They were able to find one
device driver that works under XP and got me further along.

Wood