What exactly does stand-by mode in XP do?

[her209]

To cut down on the waste of electricty, I want to put one of my computer in stand-by mode but am not sure if other people can still "talk" (have access) to it. What do you guys think? I would try ftping into it from my other computer but it has suffered a hard drive failure.

 

[BennyD]

i believe it shuts down cpu and ram maybe so ftp would be a no no i believe

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: BennyD
i believe it shuts down cpu and ram maybe so ftp would be a no no i believe

How would a system still run with no CPU or RAM activity??

nik

 

[tgillitzr]

I believe it copies the current system state to a file on the HD and then powers the machine off. When you boot back up, it loads that file back into memory and you are back where you left off.

Seems stupid to me. If i'm going to shut my machine off, I'll just shut it off and when I need it again, I come back with a clean slate.

Windows doesn't handle memory very well (surprise surprise). I only reboot my machine when it starts acting flaky. XP is pretty damn sweet, so lately I've been getting like 20+ day uptimes. However when I check memory usage before rebooting, i'm using like 500+ megs of memory. After a reboot, its at 150 or so.

 

[LiekOMG]

Standby turns everything in your computer off, EXCEPT for your RAM. Its great for saving electricity, and when your ready to use your computer again, your back at your desktop within 5 seconds and everything is just as you left it.