Windows XP Professional Standby

[jp4stoke]

When I choose Turn Off Computer from the Start Menu, the StandBy option is not highlighted in colour, but the other two buttons are. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what may be wrong?

Many thanks in anticipation!

[Postdog]

Don't know for sure but maybe you have the option switched off. Go to control panel, power options, and see if the box for hibernate (may be on advanced, dunno) is ticked. if not, tick it and see if it solves it.

[jp4stoke]

Thanks Postdog, I have gone through the proceedure that you have suggested, but I cannot find a hibernate box to check or uncheck and I have gone through all three tabs in the dialogue box. What am I doing wrong?!

Any help would be appreciated.

[ajmmac]

not sure yet either jp4 but will investigate--when i open power options from control panel i get 4 tabs not 3 as u mentioned--1 of the tabs is hibernation with the enable hibernation box

[ajmmac]

found this jp4--go to start/help and support and in the search box type hibernation--under pick a task click--manually put your computer into hibernation--u will see it urself but the relevant part says--"If the Hibernate tab is unavailable, your computer does not support this feature."--so nothing actually "wrong"--just doesn't do it

[ajmmac]

sorry sorry jp4--not paying attention 2day--u want standby not hibernation--got that from previous answer by postdog--in power options click advanced then under "when i press the power button on my computer" choose standby in the drop down menu--search for standby in help and support for full explanation

[jp4stoke]

Many thanks ajmmac,

That answer has put my mind at rest as the problem has been driving me mad for weeks!

[mullykid]

Hi jp4stoke this normally means that your graphics/display driver is not current/correctly installed, you need to download the latest driver form the manufacturers website and install it, this will make the standby option become coloured.

[jp4stoke]

Thanks mullykid,

I have just downloaded the latest driver from the Nvidia website, but my standby button is still grey. I really thought that we had cracked it, but I'm afraid not. Any more suggestions gratefully received.

[ajmmac]

there really isn't a problem to "crack" jp4--there is nothing "wrong" with ur system--i presume u are not having any problems running ur pc and all its software--the power options have nothing whatever to do with ur video card/driver--they are a function of what is called ur bios setup and ur hardware--it may be the case there is an option in ur bios setup to enable/disable standby on ur system--without knowing anything about ur system and its bios i cannot say--to check ur bios settings u can press either the f1 or delete key as it boots up--it should tell u which on screen--usually the black screen with white writing--the message is often along the bottom--once in the bios there should be an option to check power control--DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING IF U R UNSURE--better having no standby option than messing up ur bios settings--cheers

[mullykid]

jp4stoke sorry my suggestion didnt work, but I assume you installed what you downloaded?