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Standby/STR/ACPI problem
Using Win98SE & all available updates. 256Mb ram. Gigabyte GA-BX2000 M/board
with Intel 440BX AGPset. I can't seem to set my computer into 'standby' mode or possibly it is going into standby and I can't 'wake' it up. This has worked in the past but not since a full re-install. Curiously the 'Standby' option was available via the Start Button-shutdown menu but when I tried it the whole thing froze with a slightly grey desktop and I had to hit reboot. Following this the 'Standby' option was no longer available so I followed the Gigabyte BIOS manual and reset the ACPI by setting 'ACPI SUSPEND TYPE' to suspend to ram in Pwr Managment Setup. And via device manager-device settings-plug and play bios which I guess added the Advanced Configuration & Power Interface (BIOS) entry and installed 5 files from C:\windows\inf\machine.inf. I now no longer have the 'Plug & Play Bios' option in device settings........is this right?? Also, via control panel the Power Management Properties the options are; Home/Office Desk, standby-never, Monitor-never, Hard Drive-never. Under the Advanced tab the Power Button option is set to Shutdown but pressing it does nothing, I have tried this reset to Standby but still nothing happens. The third tab here is 'Hibernate' which I've not seen before and don't understand what this is if it's different from standby. Whether I try to set standby via the 'Shut Down' menu or setting 'Standby after eg 20 minutes' it may actually be going into standby but I can't seem to wake it. Proir to the re-install it would wake via any key on keyboard or any mouse movement. The BIOS-Pwr Management Setup says; modem ringon-enabled, Alarm-disabled, PME event Wakeup-disabled. In BIOS intergrated Peripherals the PS/2 mouse pwr on is Disabled and Keyboard Pwr on is set to Power key (absent from keyboard). There is a multikey pwr on option (untried). Not sure if these are related to standby or if these are to power up from cold. Sorry for the longwinded explanation but any help appreciated. Tim Whiteaway |
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Windows help describes manual standby vs. automatic... I'm not clear here...
maybe someone knows/can help?? I would think manual standby, would be either the shut-down dialog box or pushing the sleep key on a power keyboard which I have, right? Automatic, therefore... would be user defined, using advanced tab on screensaver option tab in the Display settings? Now, if I use the sleep key, my puter goes into standby w/no message. But, if I use the shutdown dialog box... my puter just turns back on almost immediately. It goes on automatic standby which I have tested, this is a test... enter for 2 mins. go on standby, watch & wait!! I get a dialog box in 2 mins. saying, "computer is preparing to go on standby" and I have an option to cancel. And, the puter goes into standby. ***My settings are, advanced tab... standby in 1 hr., turn off hd in 1 hr. and turn off monitor in 45 mins. This works, no problems. On my P-3 puter, I could use both manual options, I'm almost sure I was able to. Shouldn't I be able to use either my manual keyboard or the manual option is shutdown dialog box as desired? I checked bios pwr. mgmt., I see nothing I should change. Just Curious Star But, if I use the shutdown dialog box, my computer will not standby. "PCR" wrote in message ... http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=188134 Restore Missing Standby It may have removed itself due to two failures in a row. Now, perhaps do not go absolutely nuts inside Device Manager. It can be quite a shock to see Windows continually reboot, should you remove too many devices at once. Also, there are those who passionately say, Standby is not worth the trouble it is to recover. http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB Search "Your computer cannot go on standby"; Windows 98; Exact Match; Full Text. http://support.microsoft.com/default...46&Product=w98 Err Msg: Your Computer Cannot Go on Standby Because a Device... (188246) - When your attempt to put Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition (Me) in Standby mode, you may receive the following error message: Your computer cannot go on standby because a device driver or program won't allow it. Close all programs and try... http://support.microsoft.com/default...28&Product=w98 Computer May Be Unable to Start Standby Mode (232728) - When your computer attempts to start Standby mode, you may receive the following error message: Your computer cannot go on standby because a device driver or program won't allow it. Close all open programs, and then try again. http://support.microsoft.com/default...02&Product=w98 Cannot Use Standby Mode with USB Epson Stylus 740 Printer (232902) - When you attempt to place your computer in Standby mode, you may receive the following error message: Your computer cannot go on standby because a device driver or program won't allow it. Close all open programs, and then try again. If you click OK,... http://support.microsoft.com/default...42&Product=w98 Error Message Disables Power Management Events (232942) - When you receive the error message "Your computer cannot go into standby," any of the following symptoms may occur: -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Tim Whiteaway" wrote in message ... | Using Win98SE & all available updates. 256Mb ram. Gigabyte GA-BX2000 M/board | with Intel 440BX AGPset. | | I can't seem to set my computer into 'standby' mode or possibly it is going | into standby and I can't 'wake' it up. This has worked in the past but not | since a full re-install. Curiously the 'Standby' option was available via | the Start Button-shutdown menu but when I tried it the whole thing froze | with a slightly grey desktop and I had to hit reboot. Following this the | 'Standby' option was no longer available so I followed the Gigabyte BIOS | manual and reset the ACPI by setting 'ACPI SUSPEND TYPE' to suspend to ram | in Pwr Managment Setup. And via device manager-device settings-plug and play | bios which I guess added the Advanced Configuration & Power Interface (BIOS) | entry and installed 5 files from C:\windows\inf\machine.inf. | | I now no longer have the 'Plug & Play Bios' option in device | settings........is this right?? | | Also, via control panel the Power Management Properties the options are; | Home/Office Desk, standby-never, Monitor-never, Hard Drive-never. Under the | Advanced tab the Power Button option is set to Shutdown but pressing it does | nothing, I have tried this reset to Standby but still nothing happens. The | third tab here is 'Hibernate' which I've not seen before and don't | understand what this is if it's different from standby. | | Whether I try to set standby via the 'Shut Down' menu or setting 'Standby | after eg 20 minutes' it may actually be going into standby but I can't seem | to wake it. Proir to the re-install it would wake via any key on keyboard or | any mouse movement. The BIOS-Pwr Management Setup says; modem | ringon-enabled, Alarm-disabled, PME event Wakeup-disabled. In BIOS | intergrated Peripherals the PS/2 mouse pwr on is Disabled and Keyboard Pwr | on is set to Power key (absent from keyboard). There is a multikey pwr on | option (untried). Not sure if these are related to standby or if these are | to power up from cold. | | Sorry for the longwinded explanation but any help appreciated. | | Tim Whiteaway | | |
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Sounds like you understand it just about right. Well, I say:
(a) Manual is either the keyboard Sleep button or the "START, Shut Down, Standby" requestor, & (b) Auto is "Control Panel, Power Management, Power Schemes tab", where it may be set to happen by time. (c) The "Advanced tab" says it controls what happens upon pushing the computer's power button, either to shut off or go on Standby. So, that is another manual method. I always get the "computer is preparing to go on standby" when I do it manually. It could be happening so quickly for you that you just don't see it. It's been so long I can't quite recall whether the message shows when Standby is entered automatically. I turned that off at the same time I turned off ScreenSaver, after discovering something was restarting my Scandisk/Defrag's. I only miss the ScreenSavers. Yea, sometimes, it immediately comes back out of Standby here too. I wait a few seconds & hit my Sleep button again. Rarely will it refuse twice in a row. I don't know whether it was always so, but after waking my NUM Lock is turned off. So? I just turn it back on. So many have posted problems with Standby, & MVP's have spoken ill of it often enough, that now I do it sparingly. But I still do it! Generally, I close all open windows first. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Star" wrote in message ... | Windows help describes manual standby vs. automatic... I'm not clear here... | maybe someone knows/can help?? | | I would think manual standby, would be either the shut-down dialog box or | pushing the sleep key on a power keyboard which I have, right? | | Automatic, therefore... would be user defined, using advanced tab on | screensaver option tab in the Display settings? | | Now, if I use the sleep key, my puter goes into standby w/no message. | But, if I use the shutdown dialog box... my puter just turns back on almost | immediately. | | It goes on automatic standby which I have tested, this is a test... enter | for 2 mins. go on standby, watch & wait!! I get a dialog box in 2 mins. | saying, "computer is preparing to go on standby" and I have an option to | cancel. And, the puter goes into standby. | | ***My settings are, advanced tab... standby in 1 hr., turn off hd in 1 hr. | and turn off monitor in 45 mins. This works, no problems. | | On my P-3 puter, I could use both manual options, I'm almost sure I was able | to. Shouldn't I be able to use either my manual keyboard or the manual | option is shutdown dialog box as desired? I checked bios pwr. mgmt., I see | nothing I should change. | | Just Curious Star | | But, if I use the shutdown dialog box, my computer will not standby. | "PCR" wrote in message | ... | http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=188134 Restore Missing Standby | | It may have removed itself due to two failures in a row. Now, perhaps do | not go absolutely nuts inside Device Manager. It can be quite a shock to | see Windows continually reboot, should you remove too many devices at | once. Also, there are those who passionately say, Standby is not worth | the trouble it is to recover. | | http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB | Search "Your computer cannot go on standby"; Windows 98; Exact Match; | Full Text. | | http://support.microsoft.com/default...46&Product=w98 | Err Msg: Your Computer Cannot Go on Standby Because a Device... | (188246) - When your attempt to put Windows 98 or Windows Millennium | Edition (Me) in Standby mode, you may receive the following error | message: Your computer cannot go on standby because a device driver or | program won't allow it. Close all programs and try... | | http://support.microsoft.com/default...28&Product=w98 | Computer May Be Unable to Start Standby Mode | (232728) - When your computer attempts to start Standby mode, you may | receive the following error message: Your computer cannot go on standby | because a device driver or program won't allow it. Close all open | programs, and then try again. | | http://support.microsoft.com/default...02&Product=w98 | Cannot Use Standby Mode with USB Epson Stylus 740 Printer | (232902) - When you attempt to place your computer in Standby mode, you | may receive the following error message: Your computer cannot go on | standby because a device driver or program won't allow it. Close all | open programs, and then try again. If you click OK,... | | http://support.microsoft.com/default...42&Product=w98 | Error Message Disables Power Management Events | (232942) - When you receive the error message "Your computer cannot go | into standby," any of the following symptoms may occur: | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | | "Tim Whiteaway" wrote in message | ... | | Using Win98SE & all available updates. 256Mb ram. Gigabyte GA-BX2000 | M/board | | with Intel 440BX AGPset. | | | | I can't seem to set my computer into 'standby' mode or possibly it is | going | | into standby and I can't 'wake' it up. This has worked in the past but | not | | since a full re-install. Curiously the 'Standby' option was available | via | | the Start Button-shutdown menu but when I tried it the whole thing | froze | | with a slightly grey desktop and I had to hit reboot. Following this | the | | 'Standby' option was no longer available so I followed the Gigabyte | BIOS | | manual and reset the ACPI by setting 'ACPI SUSPEND TYPE' to suspend to | ram | | in Pwr Managment Setup. And via device manager-device settings-plug | and play | | bios which I guess added the Advanced Configuration & Power Interface | (BIOS) | | entry and installed 5 files from C:\windows\inf\machine.inf. | | | | I now no longer have the 'Plug & Play Bios' option in device | | settings........is this right?? | | | | Also, via control panel the Power Management Properties the options | are; | | Home/Office Desk, standby-never, Monitor-never, Hard Drive-never. | Under the | | Advanced tab the Power Button option is set to Shutdown but pressing | it does | | nothing, I have tried this reset to Standby but still nothing happens. | The | | third tab here is 'Hibernate' which I've not seen before and don't | | understand what this is if it's different from standby. | | | | Whether I try to set standby via the 'Shut Down' menu or setting | 'Standby | | after eg 20 minutes' it may actually be going into standby but I can't | seem | | to wake it. Proir to the re-install it would wake via any key on | keyboard or | | any mouse movement. The BIOS-Pwr Management Setup says; modem | | ringon-enabled, Alarm-disabled, PME event Wakeup-disabled. In BIOS | | intergrated Peripherals the PS/2 mouse pwr on is Disabled and Keyboard | Pwr | | on is set to Power key (absent from keyboard). There is a multikey pwr | on | | option (untried). Not sure if these are related to standby or if these | are | | to power up from cold. | | | | Sorry for the longwinded explanation but any help appreciated. | | | | Tim Whiteaway | | | | | | | | |
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| On my P-3 puter, I could use both manual options, I'm almost sure I
was able | to. Shouldn't I be able to use either my manual keyboard or the manual | option is shutdown dialog box as desired? I checked bios pwr. mgmt., I see | nothing I should change. If you do not have Standby at "START, Shut down", then, perhaps... "START button, Run, RegEdit", & navigate to... HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Exp lorer That is, (a) Click plus signs, beginning at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" & ending with "Policies". (b) Click "Explorer" in the left pane, & look in the right pane. (c) Do you see anything there? What? Although it is not specifically mentioned below, I can think there is a possibility of something that would remove Standby from the Shut Down requestor. WARNING: Do not get carried away in the Registry. It is very important to the proper functioning of Windows. Muss it badly, & you must boot to DOS & "Scanreg /Restore". Then, choose the date of the last successful boot from the five offered. The rest of this is just informational... ......Start of Other things that may be done there....... Right-click the right pane and select New, Binary Value, & name it: NoClose To disable Shut Down. NoFavoritesMenu To remove Favorites. NoFileMenu To remove the File Menu in Explorer. NoFind To remove Find. NoLogOff To remove Log Off. NoRecentDocsHistory To disable the Documents compilation process. NoRecentDocsMenu To remove Documents. NoRun To remove Run. NoSaveSettings To prevent some few settings getting saved to the Registry. NoSetFolders To disable Control Panel and Printer folders. NoTrayContextMenu To disable Taskbar context menu. NoViewContextMenu To disable (all?) context menus. Double-click the new entry, select modify, and add this value: 01 00 00 00. To reverse the action, change the value to: 00 00 00 00 .......End of Other things that may be done there....... http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q130234 Save Settings On Exit Option Enabled by Default ....Quote............. ....snip... Setting the NoSaveSettings field to 1 prevents your settings from being saved. When you set this value, the following items are not saved when you exit Windows: Changed icon positions on the desktop. Windows that are open when you exit. The size and position of the taskbar. ....End quote....... -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Star" wrote in message ... | Windows help describes manual standby vs. automatic... I'm not clear here... | maybe someone knows/can help?? | | I would think manual standby, would be either the shut-down dialog box or | pushing the sleep key on a power keyboard which I have, right? | | Automatic, therefore... would be user defined, using advanced tab on | screensaver option tab in the Display settings? | | Now, if I use the sleep key, my puter goes into standby w/no message. | But, if I use the shutdown dialog box... my puter just turns back on almost | immediately. | | It goes on automatic standby which I have tested, this is a test... enter | for 2 mins. go on standby, watch & wait!! I get a dialog box in 2 mins. | saying, "computer is preparing to go on standby" and I have an option to | cancel. And, the puter goes into standby. | | ***My settings are, advanced tab... standby in 1 hr., turn off hd in 1 hr. | and turn off monitor in 45 mins. This works, no problems. | | On my P-3 puter, I could use both manual options, I'm almost sure I was able | to. Shouldn't I be able to use either my manual keyboard or the manual | option is shutdown dialog box as desired? I checked bios pwr. mgmt., I see | nothing I should change. | | Just Curious Star | | But, if I use the shutdown dialog box, my computer will not standby. | "PCR" wrote in message | ... | http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=188134 Restore Missing Standby | | It may have removed itself due to two failures in a row. Now, perhaps do | not go absolutely nuts inside Device Manager. It can be quite a shock to | see Windows continually reboot, should you remove too many devices at | once. Also, there are those who passionately say, Standby is not worth | the trouble it is to recover. | | http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB | Search "Your computer cannot go on standby"; Windows 98; Exact Match; | Full Text. | | http://support.microsoft.com/default...46&Product=w98 | Err Msg: Your Computer Cannot Go on Standby Because a Device... | (188246) - When your attempt to put Windows 98 or Windows Millennium | Edition (Me) in Standby mode, you may receive the following error | message: Your computer cannot go on standby because a device driver or | program won't allow it. Close all programs and try... | | http://support.microsoft.com/default...28&Product=w98 | Computer May Be Unable to Start Standby Mode | (232728) - When your computer attempts to start Standby mode, you may | receive the following error message: Your computer cannot go on standby | because a device driver or program won't allow it. Close all open | programs, and then try again. | | http://support.microsoft.com/default...02&Product=w98 | Cannot Use Standby Mode with USB Epson Stylus 740 Printer | (232902) - When you attempt to place your computer in Standby mode, you | may receive the following error message: Your computer cannot go on | standby because a device driver or program won't allow it. Close all | open programs, and then try again. If you click OK,... | | http://support.microsoft.com/default...42&Product=w98 | Error Message Disables Power Management Events | (232942) - When you receive the error message "Your computer cannot go | into standby," any of the following symptoms may occur: | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | | "Tim Whiteaway" wrote in message | ... | | Using Win98SE & all available updates. 256Mb ram. Gigabyte GA-BX2000 | M/board | | with Intel 440BX AGPset. | | | | I can't seem to set my computer into 'standby' mode or possibly it is | going | | into standby and I can't 'wake' it up. This has worked in the past but | not | | since a full re-install. Curiously the 'Standby' option was available | via | | the Start Button-shutdown menu but when I tried it the whole thing | froze | | with a slightly grey desktop and I had to hit reboot. Following this | the | | 'Standby' option was no longer available so I followed the Gigabyte | BIOS | | manual and reset the ACPI by setting 'ACPI SUSPEND TYPE' to suspend to | ram | | in Pwr Managment Setup. And via device manager-device settings-plug | and play | | bios which I guess added the Advanced Configuration & Power Interface | (BIOS) | | entry and installed 5 files from C:\windows\inf\machine.inf. | | | | I now no longer have the 'Plug & Play Bios' option in device | | settings........is this right?? | | | | Also, via control panel the Power Management Properties the options | are; | | Home/Office Desk, standby-never, Monitor-never, Hard Drive-never. | Under the | | Advanced tab the Power Button option is set to Shutdown but pressing | it does | | nothing, I have tried this reset to Standby but still nothing happens. | The | | third tab here is 'Hibernate' which I've not seen before and don't | | understand what this is if it's different from standby. | | | | Whether I try to set standby via the 'Shut Down' menu or setting | 'Standby | | after eg 20 minutes' it may actually be going into standby but I can't | seem | | to wake it. Proir to the re-install it would wake via any key on | keyboard or | | any mouse movement. The BIOS-Pwr Management Setup says; modem | | ringon-enabled, Alarm-disabled, PME event Wakeup-disabled. In BIOS | | intergrated Peripherals the PS/2 mouse pwr on is Disabled and Keyboard | Pwr | | on is set to Power key (absent from keyboard). There is a multikey pwr | on | | option (untried). Not sure if these are related to standby or if these | are | | to power up from cold. | | | | Sorry for the longwinded explanation but any help appreciated. | | | | Tim Whiteaway | | | | | | | | |
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"PCR" wrote in message ... Sounds like you understand it just about right. Well, I say: (a) Manual is either the keyboard Sleep button or the "START, Shut Down, Standby" requestor, & (b) Auto is "Control Panel, Power Management, Power Schemes tab", where it may be set to happen by time. (c) The "Advanced tab" says it controls what happens upon pushing the computer's power button, either to shut off or go on Standby. So, that is another manual method. * *You have a power keyboard, you can choose the sleep key and/also the shutdown dialog box and your puter will go into standby, correct? I'm sure my P-3 did that too. Now, the shutdown dialog box doesn't do it, puter turns back on. The keyboard sleep key does work for me. I always get the "computer is preparing to go on standby" when I do it manually. It could be happening so quickly for you that you just don't see it. It's been so long I can't quite recall whether the message shows when Standby is entered automatically. I turned that off at the same time I turned off ScreenSaver, after discovering something was restarting my Scandisk/Defrag's. I only miss the ScreenSavers. Yea, sometimes, it immediately comes back out of Standby here too. I wait a few seconds & hit my Sleep button again. Rarely will it refuse twice in a row. I don't know whether it was always so, but after waking my NUM Lock is turned off. So? I just turn it back on. * *What happens when you use the dialog shutdown box, you see standby? Does it work? Star So many have posted problems with Standby, & MVP's have spoken ill of it often enough, that now I do it sparingly. But I still do it! Generally, I close all open windows first. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR |
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Hi PCR, see *'s
"PCR" wrote in message ... | On my P-3 puter, I could use both manual options, I'm almost sure I was able | to. Shouldn't I be able to use either my manual keyboard or the manual | option is shutdown dialog box as desired? I checked bios pwr. mgmt., I see | nothing I should change. If you do not have Standby at "START, Shut down", then, perhaps... "START button, Run, RegEdit", & navigate to... HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Exp lorer * * OK, I follow the path, I get to Current Version.... no Policies folder, nor Exp folder? That is, (a) Click plus signs, beginning at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" & ending with "Policies". (b) Click "Explorer" in the left pane, & look in the right pane. (c) Do you see anything there? What? * The path stops at Current Version, I'm using Explorer of course, rt. pane to follow path. Although it is not specifically mentioned below, I can think there is a possibility of something that would remove Standby from the Shut Down requestor. WARNING: Do not get carried away in the Registry. It is very important to the proper functioning of Windows. Muss it badly, & you must boot to DOS & "Scanreg /Restore". Then, choose the date of the last successful boot from the five offered. The rest of this is just informational... .....Start of Other things that may be done there....... Right-click the right pane and select New, Binary Value, & name it: NoClose To disable Shut Down. NoFavoritesMenu To remove Favorites. NoFileMenu To remove the File Menu in Explorer. NoFind To remove Find. NoLogOff To remove Log Off. NoRecentDocsHistory To disable the Documents compilation process. NoRecentDocsMenu To remove Documents. NoRun To remove Run. NoSaveSettings To prevent some few settings getting saved to the Registry. NoSetFolders To disable Control Panel and Printer folders. NoTrayContextMenu To disable Taskbar context menu. NoViewContextMenu To disable (all?) context menus. ** Wait a minute, you see all the above under Policies, how can this be, I don't have the folder?? ** These are the keys/folders in Current Version: HKEY_USERS\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi on\Telephony HKEY_USERS\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi on\Telephony\HandoffPriori ties **No Policies** * I'm really lost now PCR, pls. help me out. * I do see standby in shutdown dialog box, the puter turns of but comes back on, I tried only twice, didn't think it was wise to try further. If I push sleep on my keyboard it does go into standby, and I have it automatically set to standby in 1 hour and that does work too, the monitor goes off in 45 mins. * Don't know... but help me more!! Star Double-click the new entry, select modify, and add this value: 01 00 00 00. To reverse the action, change the value to: 00 00 00 00 ......End of Other things that may be done there....... http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q130234 Save Settings On Exit Option Enabled by Default ...Quote............. ...snip... Setting the NoSaveSettings field to 1 prevents your settings from being saved. When you set this value, the following items are not saved when you exit Windows: Changed icon positions on the desktop. Windows that are open when you exit. The size and position of the taskbar. ...End quote....... -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR |
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"Star" wrote in message
... | | "PCR" wrote in message | ... | Sounds like you understand it just about right. Well, I say: | | (a) Manual is either the keyboard Sleep button | or the "START, Shut Down, Standby" requestor, & | (b) Auto is "Control Panel, Power Management, Power Schemes tab", | where it may be set to happen by time. | (c) The "Advanced tab" says it controls what happens upon pushing the | computer's power button, either to shut off or go on Standby. So, that | is another manual method. | | * *You have a power keyboard, you can choose the sleep key and/also the | shutdown dialog box and your puter will go into standby, correct? That is correct. | I'm sure | my P-3 did that too. Now, the shutdown dialog box doesn't do it, puter turns | back on. The keyboard sleep key does work for me. Hmm. I prefer the Sleep key. But you should have both. | | I always get the "computer is preparing to go on standby" when I do it | manually. It could be happening so quickly for you that you just don't | see it. It's been so long I can't quite recall whether the message shows | when Standby is entered automatically. I turned that off at the same | time I turned off ScreenSaver, after discovering something was | restarting my Scandisk/Defrag's. I only miss the ScreenSavers. | | Yea, sometimes, it immediately comes back out of Standby here too. I | wait a few seconds & hit my Sleep button again. Rarely will it refuse | twice in a row. I don't know whether it was always so, but after waking | my NUM Lock is turned off. So? I just turn it back on. | | * *What happens when you use the dialog shutdown box, you see standby? Does | it work? Yes, I see it, & it works. That is true, although at "Control Panel, Power Management, Advanced tab" I am set to Shut Down not to go on Standby (when I press the power button). Did you try those URLs I posted earlier, two posts up? | | Star | | So many have posted problems with Standby, & MVP's have spoken ill of it | often enough, that now I do it sparingly. But I still do it! Generally, | I close all open windows first. | | -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR |
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No, don't worry; it's normal NOT to have that Policy Key. I don't have
one. Well, here is another set of Policies... "START, Run, PolEdit". Likely, it won't be there, or you'd have known to do that. So... http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=147381 How to Use System Policies On a Standalone Computer I don't have that one, either. I'm just thinking it may have a policy for it. However, just as likely it does not. (1) What about those "Standby" URL's at MSKB, posted a while ago? (2) Anyway, the keyboard Sleep button is more convenient. Perhaps stick with that! (3) How does it look at "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab", any red/yellow ?/!'s on any of the icons? (Those can be tough to deal with, though.) -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Star" wrote in message ... | Hi PCR, see *'s | | "PCR" wrote in message | ... | | On my P-3 puter, I could use both manual options, I'm almost sure I | was able | | to. Shouldn't I be able to use either my manual keyboard or the manual | | option is shutdown dialog box as desired? I checked bios pwr. mgmt., | I see | | nothing I should change. | | If you do not have Standby at "START, Shut down", then, perhaps... | | "START button, Run, RegEdit", & navigate to... | | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Exp | lorer | | * * OK, I follow the path, I get to Current Version.... no Policies folder, | nor Exp folder? | | That is, | (a) Click plus signs, beginning at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" & ending with | "Policies". | (b) Click "Explorer" in the left pane, & look in the right pane. | (c) Do you see anything there? What? | | * The path stops at Current Version, I'm using Explorer of course, rt. pane | to follow path. | | Although it is not specifically mentioned below, I can think there is a | possibility of something that would remove Standby from the Shut Down | requestor. | | WARNING: Do not get carried away in the Registry. It is very important | to the proper functioning of Windows. Muss it badly, & you must boot to | DOS & "Scanreg /Restore". Then, choose the date of the last successful | boot from the five offered. | | The rest of this is just informational... | | .....Start of Other things that may be done there....... | Right-click the right pane and select New, Binary Value, & name it: | | NoClose To disable Shut Down. | NoFavoritesMenu To remove Favorites. | NoFileMenu To remove the File Menu in Explorer. | NoFind To remove Find. | NoLogOff To remove Log Off. | NoRecentDocsHistory To disable the Documents compilation process. | NoRecentDocsMenu To remove Documents. | NoRun To remove Run. | NoSaveSettings To prevent some few settings getting saved to the | Registry. | NoSetFolders To disable Control Panel and Printer folders. | NoTrayContextMenu To disable Taskbar context menu. | NoViewContextMenu To disable (all?) context menus. | | ** Wait a minute, you see all the above under Policies, how can this be, I | don't have the folder?? | | ** These are the keys/folders in Current Version: | HKEY_USERS\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi on\Telephony | HKEY_USERS\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi on\Telephony\HandoffPr iori | ties | | **No Policies** | | * I'm really lost now PCR, pls. help me out. | | * I do see standby in shutdown dialog box, the puter turns of but comes back | on, I tried only twice, didn't think it was wise to try further. If I push | sleep on my keyboard it does go into standby, and I have it automatically | set to standby in 1 hour and that does work too, the monitor goes off in 45 | mins. | | * Don't know... but help me more!! | | Star | | Double-click the new entry, select modify, and add this value: 01 00 00 | 00. | To reverse the action, change the value to: 00 00 00 00 | ......End of Other things that may be done there....... | | http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q130234 | Save Settings On Exit Option Enabled by Default | ...Quote............. | ...snip... | Setting the NoSaveSettings field to 1 prevents your settings from being | saved. When you set this value, the following items are not saved when | you exit Windows: | | Changed icon positions on the desktop. | Windows that are open when you exit. | The size and position of the taskbar. | ...End quote....... | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | | | |
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Hi Tim.
I don't know if I can be of much help to you... but I will share what I've esperienced.......see *'s. "Tim Whiteaway" wrote in message ... Using Win98SE & all available updates. 256Mb ram. Gigabyte GA-BX2000 M/board with Intel 440BX AGPset. I can't seem to set my computer into 'standby' mode or possibly it is going into standby and I can't 'wake' it up. This has worked in the past but not since a full re-install. Curiously the 'Standby' option was available via the Start Button-shutdown menu but when I tried it the whole thing froze with a slightly grey desktop and I had to hit reboot. Following this the 'Standby' option was no longer available so I followed the Gigabyte BIOS manual and reset the ACPI by setting 'ACPI SUSPEND TYPE' to suspend to ram in Pwr Managment Setup. And via device manager-device settings-plug and play bios which I guess added the Advanced Configuration & Power Interface (BIOS) entry and installed 5 files from C:\windows\inf\machine.inf. * First, from what you are describing, I believe you puter is going into hibernation and not standby. When I was running a P-3, using a Jetway mobo, I DID have the hibernation feature/tab in Display. I tried it out, I could not wake the puter period, yet I knew the puter was running. This was several yrs. ago, but I do remember, finally, I just had to push the restart button on the puter. My experience w/standby is the puter WILL wake easily as described by you!! When the puter is on standby, the green led light will flash if it is functioning correctly. * My P-4 does not support hibernation, I don't have the option. * My P-3 would do this... using/choosing *standby option* in shutdown dialog box. Following choosing standby, another box would appear on my screen, computer is preparing to enter standby... and I had a option to cancel, before the bar showed completion of the progress or process. * I don't see this on my P-4, immediately the pc enters standby. I didn't have a power keyboard w/my P-3. I do now and can power on my pc using the power button on keyboard. My puter easily goes into standby when I push the sleep key on my keyboard. However, and I just found this out... doesn't make sense to me, but w/my P-4 and using standby in start/shutdown dialog box WOULD not work... my puter turned of and restarted immediately. I found out last night, I decided to try again. BUT, before I did I did a ctl. alt. delete and I ended ALL tasks, mainly my Epson printer, but a few others too that were running, Stimon, Rnapps, etc. I went to shutdown and picked standby and the puter immediately went into standby. I don't understand why the sleep button and the dialog box/standby option seem to have different requirements? I read somewhere about Epson printers causing problems... evidently this was my problem in using the start/shutdown dialog box. My Epson software causes me many other problems too. Star I now no longer have the 'Plug & Play Bios' option in device settings........is this right?? Also, via control panel the Power Management Properties the options are; Home/Office Desk, standby-never, Monitor-never, Hard Drive-never. Under the Advanced tab the Power Button option is set to Shutdown but pressing it does nothing, I have tried this reset to Standby but still nothing happens. The third tab here is 'Hibernate' which I've not seen before and don't understand what this is if it's different from standby. Whether I try to set standby via the 'Shut Down' menu or setting 'Standby after eg 20 minutes' it may actually be going into standby but I can't seem to wake it. Proir to the re-install it would wake via any key on keyboard or any mouse movement. The BIOS-Pwr Management Setup says; modem ringon-enabled, Alarm-disabled, PME event Wakeup-disabled. In BIOS intergrated Peripherals the PS/2 mouse pwr on is Disabled and Keyboard Pwr on is set to Power key (absent from keyboard). There is a multikey pwr on option (untried). Not sure if these are related to standby or if these are to power up from cold. Sorry for the longwinded explanation but any help appreciated. Tim Whiteaway |
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