What has happened to my PC?? I can't hibenate or Standby in Windows XP anymore!!! HELP!!

[CM4]

Hi,

The title says it all really.

My PC seems to have lost the ability to hibanate, standby and do the quick shutdown thing (where you just lightly touch the power button on the PC). These are all ACPI functions.

The PC did all these tasks perfectly the first time I installed Windows XP pro and now all of a sudden it has just stopped. This is what happens now:

Hibinate--> attempts to hibinate and then just stays at the "Windows is Shuting down" stage
Standby --> attempts and again freezes at the "Windows is shutting down" bit
Tap the power button --> No effect.


Just check my system specs by clicking on the specs at my link, but just to summarise:

1.2Ghz Athlon,
ASUS A7V133,
1Gb RAM,
2 x IBM 46.1 Gb HDD in RAID,
etc...

How do I get these functions back?

PS My has an almost identical system and he too has lost the Hibenate, Standby etc ACPI functions.

Thanks

 

[Mark R]

The most common cause of this in Win2k and WinXP is installation of a driver or service that does not support standby or hibernate.

Using the services tool in computer management (part of the administrative tools), stop all the services that you can, and attempt to put the PC into standby. If it is a service that is causing the problem, it should go into standby and wake up fine.

One by one, restart the services, and repeat standby and wakeup, until you identify the one that is causing the problem, then uninstall it or replace it with a fixed version.

 

[CM4]

I am lazy! Is their no easier way?

I have also messed with services in the past, and I stopped my Internet Access.

are their no major services that are likely to be the candidates?

 

[TomBilliodeaux]

Com'n Lazy,
Just start by shutting dn all the pgms in your tray. that will probably do it.