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Xarpolis
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 Posted: 12/30/05 - 11:55 Post subject: Laptops: Standby & Hibernate
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How do you shut off that pesky 'feature' that makes your computer go into hibernate mode when you close the screen?
It was off prior to my recent format, but ever since it's been on.
Thanks.
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r00typooh
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Posted: 12/30/05 - 11:58 Post subject:
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to disable hibernate,
start- control panel- power options- hibernate tab- uncheck enable hibernation.
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sinrakin
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Posted: 12/30/05 - 12:03 Post subject:
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Yeah I always disable that - I don't know why it assumes that closing the cover on your laptop means you're done using it.
The other thing I always do, in the same menu, is make the power button do hibernate instead of shutdown. It's rare that I ever want to shutdown, other than for a bug, and then I can do it from the start menu. Powering back on from hibernate is much faster than a restart and you don't lose your state - it seems like that should be the default mode of shutting off.
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sinrakin
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Posted: 12/30/05 - 12:06 Post subject:
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Oh no, if you do it the way rootypooh said you won't be able to hibernate at all. Instead, in the same menu choose Advanced instead of Hibernate. Then set "when i close the lid of my portable computer: Do nothing", and "When I press the power button on my computer: Hibernate".
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Xarpolis
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Posted: 12/30/05 - 12:06 Post subject:
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Much better. thanks people.
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r00typooh
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Posted: 12/30/05 - 12:27 Post subject:
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hibernate is gay- i hate it. disable that shit before it's too late.
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sinrakin
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Posted: 12/30/05 - 12:40 Post subject:
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Why is hibernate gay? I can only think of 3 negatives:
1) it uses as much disk space as you have memory
2) Windows needs to be rebooted once in awhile because it sucks
3) Some drivers don't come out of hibernate gracefully every time
But most people can afford a gig of disk space. Windows XP really doesn't need to be rebooted as often as it used to - I use my desktop and laptop systems every day, for doing development, 3D gaming, websurfing, watching multimedia, and I seriously doubt that I reboot either one more than once a month, if that, with no apparent ill effects. The driver issue is the worst - my laptop maybe one time in 20, and my desktop maybe one time in 10, will say it couldn't come out of hibernate, and ask if I want to reboot or try again. Trying a second time has never failed.
On the plus side, I can completely shut off my machine with the push of a button, and when I turn it back on, it comes up faster than rebooting, and everything I was doing is still there: 4-5 Word documents in various stages of being edited or reviewed, a PDF file, a couple of web browsers at the sites I normally go to, the Flash game I was playing, my internet radio station, my email browser - I'm instantly exactly where I was when I powered down, and I don't have to remember all the things I was in the middle of doing. It also means I can instantly power off without having to think "let's see, what do I want to save?".
I don't see why you wouldn't hibernate.
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r00typooh
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Posted: 12/30/05 - 12:57 Post subject:
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why not just leave your system on standby instead of hibernate... quicker to start back up after standby and you don't have to worry about the driver issues.
i just don't see any benefit to using hibernate over standby.
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