Guest redyellowgreenblue@gmail.com Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Hi I'm using Windows XP Home edition. I've never been able to use the Standby or Hibernate features, but thought I'd give it go a fixing it to save a bit of electricity. When I select Standby or Hibernate from the start menu, the system will begin to shut down as appopriate, then move onto the blue screen that states "Preparing to Stand By" ---- and that's as far as it gets. It never actually goes into Standby mode, and I'm forced to restart the computer. I've had a look around on Google and haven't found anyone with this problem. I assume some process is not letting the computer standby, but how can I figure out which it is?
Guest Unknown Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Re: Cannot go into standby or hibernate - hangs Go into task manager and shut down programs till you find out which one is causing the hang-up. <redyellowgreenblue@gmail.com> wrote in message news:072d4b61-34d5-4985-ae22-19076ec1ec76@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... > Hi > > I'm using Windows XP Home edition. > > I've never been able to use the Standby or Hibernate features, but > thought I'd give it go a fixing it to save a bit of electricity. > > When I select Standby or Hibernate from the start menu, the system > will begin to shut down as appopriate, then move onto the blue screen > that states "Preparing to Stand By" ---- and that's as far as it gets. > It never actually goes into Standby mode, and I'm forced to restart > the computer. > > I've had a look around on Google and haven't found anyone with this > problem. I assume some process is not letting the computer standby, > but how can I figure out which it is?
Guest cavalier Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Re: Cannot go into standby or hibernate - hangs "Unknown" wrote: > Go into task manager and shut down programs till you find out which one is > causing the hang-up. > <redyellowgreenblue@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:072d4b61-34d5-4985-ae22-19076ec1ec76@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... > > Hi > > > > I'm using Windows XP Home edition. > > > > I've never been able to use the Standby or Hibernate features, but > > thought I'd give it go a fixing it to save a bit of electricity. > > > > When I select Standby or Hibernate from the start menu, the system > > will begin to shut down as appopriate, then move onto the blue screen > > that states "Preparing to Stand By" ---- and that's as far as it gets. > > It never actually goes into Standby mode, and I'm forced to restart > > the computer. > > > > I've had a look around on Google and haven't found anyone with this > > problem. I assume some process is not letting the computer standby, > > but how can I figure out which it is? > > cavalier wrote go here,http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070428013209AA83jT1 >
Guest PA Bear [MS MVP] Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: Cannot go into standby or hibernate - hangs Always state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP1) when posting to this newsgroup, please. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ redyellowgreenblue@gmail.com wrote: > I'm using Windows XP Home edition. > > I've never been able to use the Standby or Hibernate features, but > thought I'd give it go a fixing it to save a bit of electricity. > > When I select Standby or Hibernate from the start menu, the system > will begin to shut down as appopriate, then move onto the blue screen > that states "Preparing to Stand By" ---- and that's as far as it gets. > It never actually goes into Standby mode, and I'm forced to restart > the computer. > > I've had a look around on Google and haven't found anyone with this > problem. I assume some process is not letting the computer standby, > but how can I figure out which it is?
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