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I've installed Windows Vista Home Premium RTM because I bought a new NVidia
graphics card in order to have Aero enabled. But now in the start menu there
are only 2 links:
* Sleep
* Shut down
Hibernate link is vanished!
Is Hibernate link missing in Vista Home Premium? Or is an Nvidia driver bug?
Because with old graphics card and with Home Basic and Ultimate I had all 3
links in start menu like shown in this image: http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8...istaoffkj7.png
Sleep
Hibernate
Shut down
"In earlier versions of Windows, standby saves your work to memory and puts
your mobile PC into a power-saving state. Hibernate also puts your mobile PC
into a power-saving state but saves your work to your hard disk so that you
can safely turn off your mobile PC. This version of Windows combines standby
and hibernate into a single power-saving state called sleep."
"BillD" <BillD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:587ACF93-7200-4519-889B-695588EE9121@microsoft.com...
> I've installed Windows Vista Home Premium RTM because I bought a new
> NVidia
> graphics card in order to have Aero enabled. But now in the start menu
> there
> are only 2 links:
> * Sleep
> * Shut down
> Hibernate link is vanished!
>
> Is Hibernate link missing in Vista Home Premium? Or is an Nvidia driver
> bug?
> Because with old graphics card and with Home Basic and Ultimate I had all
> 3
> links in start menu like shown in this image:
> http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8...istaoffkj7.png
> Sleep
> Hibernate
> Shut down
I only have sleep and shut down in my menu, no hibernate.
I have it set up so that when I push the power button on my computer or my
media center remote power button my computer hibernates.
I can't use stand by / sleep on my computer because it will crash soon after
resuming (this is probably due to a glitch in the hardware of my particular
video card that would require a replacement to solve the problem and its 3
years old. It crashes in XP as well).
"BillD" <BillD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:587ACF93-7200-4519-889B-695588EE9121@microsoft.com...
> I've installed Windows Vista Home Premium RTM because I bought a new
> NVidia
> graphics card in order to have Aero enabled. But now in the start menu
> there
> are only 2 links:
> * Sleep
> * Shut down
> Hibernate link is vanished!
>
> Is Hibernate link missing in Vista Home Premium? Or is an Nvidia driver
> bug?
> Because with old graphics card and with Home Basic and Ultimate I had all
> 3
> links in start menu like shown in this image:
> http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8...istaoffkj7.png
> Sleep
> Hibernate
> Shut down
The Hibernate option can be put on the start menu, but it means disabling
hybrid sleep (which basically does the job of putting your pc to sleep while
also saving everything to hard drive (like hibernation). That is, of course,
assuming your pc supports hybrid sleep. For more details on putting the
hibernation option on the start up menu visit this link on my website.
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"BillD" <BillD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:587ACF93-7200-4519-889B-695588EE9121@microsoft.com...
> I've installed Windows Vista Home Premium RTM because I bought a new
> NVidia
> graphics card in order to have Aero enabled. But now in the start menu
> there
> are only 2 links:
> * Sleep
> * Shut down
> Hibernate link is vanished!
>
> Is Hibernate link missing in Vista Home Premium? Or is an Nvidia driver
> bug?
> Because with old graphics card and with Home Basic and Ultimate I had all
> 3
> links in start menu like shown in this image:
> http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8...istaoffkj7.png
> Sleep
> Hibernate
> Shut down
I have Vista Business RTM on a Pentium 4 box that's only a few years
old. Whenever it goes into the hybrid sleep mode, it refuses to wake up
again, and always requires a restart, so I've had to tell it to never
sleep. Is it possible that something needs changing in the bios power
settings to allow waking up from sleep, or what?
John Barnett MVP wrote:
> The Hibernate option can be put on the start menu, but it means
> disabling hybrid sleep (which basically does the job of putting your pc
> to sleep while also saving everything to hard drive (like hibernation).
> That is, of course, assuming your pc supports hybrid sleep. For more
> details on putting the hibernation option on the start up menu visit
> this link on my website.
>
> http://vistasupport.mvps.org/add_hib...tdown_menu.htm
>
> I'm using Vista Ultimate and even that doesn't put the hibernation
> option on the shutdown menu.
>
> If your machine doesn't support hybrid sleep then the hybrid sleep
> option will not be available in the power options.
>
have you tried running powercfg -a from the run or command prompt. You
may also be able to use one of the other functions listed by using the
command powercfg /?
"Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
news:ewEQa1LPHHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I have Vista Business RTM on a Pentium 4 box that's only a few years old.
>Whenever it goes into the hybrid sleep mode, it refuses to wake up again,
>and always requires a restart, so I've had to tell it to never sleep. Is it
>possible that something needs changing in the bios power settings to allow
>waking up from sleep, or what?
>
>
> John Barnett MVP wrote:
>> The Hibernate option can be put on the start menu, but it means disabling
>> hybrid sleep (which basically does the job of putting your pc to sleep
>> while also saving everything to hard drive (like hibernation). That is,
>> of course, assuming your pc supports hybrid sleep. For more details on
>> putting the hibernation option on the start up menu visit this link on my
>> website.
>>
>> http://vistasupport.mvps.org/add_hib...tdown_menu.htm
>>
>> I'm using Vista Ultimate and even that doesn't put the hibernation option
>> on the shutdown menu.
>>
>> If your machine doesn't support hybrid sleep then the hybrid sleep option
>> will not be available in the power options.
>>
Hmm. Typing those commands into Run and hitting OK, I get a quick flash
of a window (looks like maybe a command prompt window?) and nothing
else. Does this need special permission, and if so, how do I get it?
John Barnes wrote:
> have you tried running powercfg -a from the run or command prompt.
> You may also be able to use one of the other functions listed by using
> the command powercfg /?
>
> "Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
> news:ewEQa1LPHHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> I have Vista Business RTM on a Pentium 4 box that's only a few years
>> old. Whenever it goes into the hybrid sleep mode, it refuses to wake
>> up again, and always requires a restart, so I've had to tell it to
>> never sleep. Is it possible that something needs changing in the bios
>> power settings to allow waking up from sleep, or what?
>>
>>
>> John Barnett MVP wrote:
>>> The Hibernate option can be put on the start menu, but it means
>>> disabling hybrid sleep (which basically does the job of putting your
>>> pc to sleep while also saving everything to hard drive (like
>>> hibernation). That is, of course, assuming your pc supports hybrid
>>> sleep. For more details on putting the hibernation option on the
>>> start up menu visit this link on my website.
>>>
>>> http://vistasupport.mvps.org/add_hib...tdown_menu.htm
>>>
>>> I'm using Vista Ultimate and even that doesn't put the hibernation
>>> option on the shutdown menu.
>>>
>>> If your machine doesn't support hybrid sleep then the hybrid sleep
>>> option will not be available in the power options.
>>>
>
use the cmd in the run box or Command Prompt from the start menu. I
haven't needed elevated permissions.
"Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
news:eCrcbhMPHHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hmm. Typing those commands into Run and hitting OK, I get a quick flash of
> a window (looks like maybe a command prompt window?) and nothing else.
> Does this need special permission, and if so, how do I get it?
>
> John Barnes wrote:
>> have you tried running powercfg -a from the run or command prompt.
>> You may also be able to use one of the other functions listed by using
>> the command powercfg /?
>>
>> "Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
>> news:ewEQa1LPHHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> I have Vista Business RTM on a Pentium 4 box that's only a few years
>>> old. Whenever it goes into the hybrid sleep mode, it refuses to wake up
>>> again, and always requires a restart, so I've had to tell it to never
>>> sleep. Is it possible that something needs changing in the bios power
>>> settings to allow waking up from sleep, or what?
>>>
>>>
>>> John Barnett MVP wrote:
>>>> The Hibernate option can be put on the start menu, but it means
>>>> disabling hybrid sleep (which basically does the job of putting your pc
>>>> to sleep while also saving everything to hard drive (like hibernation).
>>>> That is, of course, assuming your pc supports hybrid sleep. For more
>>>> details on putting the hibernation option on the start up menu visit
>>>> this link on my website.
>>>>
>>>> http://vistasupport.mvps.org/add_hib...tdown_menu.htm
>>>>
>>>> I'm using Vista Ultimate and even that doesn't put the hibernation
>>>> option on the shutdown menu.
>>>>
>>>> If your machine doesn't support hybrid sleep then the hybrid sleep
>>>> option will not be available in the power options.
>>>>
>>
Ah, got it.
----------QUOTE--------
The following sleep states are available on this system: Hibernate
Hybrid Sleep
The following sleep states are not available on this system:
Standby
The system firmware does not support the standby state.
----------UNQUOTE--------
So the system in question should support Hybrid Sleep . . .
John Barnes wrote:
> use the cmd in the run box or Command Prompt from the start menu.
> I haven't needed elevated permissions.
>
> "Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
> news:eCrcbhMPHHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hmm. Typing those commands into Run and hitting OK, I get a quick
>> flash of a window (looks like maybe a command prompt window?) and
>> nothing else. Does this need special permission, and if so, how do I
>> get it?
>>
>> John Barnes wrote:
>>> have you tried running powercfg -a from the run or command
>>> prompt. You may also be able to use one of the other functions listed
>>> by using the command powercfg /?
>>>
>>> "Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ewEQa1LPHHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> I have Vista Business RTM on a Pentium 4 box that's only a few years
>>>> old. Whenever it goes into the hybrid sleep mode, it refuses to wake
>>>> up again, and always requires a restart, so I've had to tell it to
>>>> never sleep. Is it possible that something needs changing in the
>>>> bios power settings to allow waking up from sleep, or what?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> John Barnett MVP wrote:
>>>>> The Hibernate option can be put on the start menu, but it means
>>>>> disabling hybrid sleep (which basically does the job of putting
>>>>> your pc to sleep while also saving everything to hard drive (like
>>>>> hibernation). That is, of course, assuming your pc supports hybrid
>>>>> sleep. For more details on putting the hibernation option on the
>>>>> start up menu visit this link on my website.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://vistasupport.mvps.org/add_hib...tdown_menu.htm
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using Vista Ultimate and even that doesn't put the hibernation
>>>>> option on the shutdown menu.
>>>>>
>>>>> If your machine doesn't support hybrid sleep then the hybrid sleep
>>>>> option will not be available in the power options.
>>>>>
>>>
>
The following sleep states are available on this system: Standby (S3)
Hibernate Hybrid sleep
The following sleep states are not available on this system:
Standby (S1)
The system firmware does not support this standby state.
Standby (S2)
The system firmware does not support this standby state.
My machine is just over 2 years old.
--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
Windows Shell/User
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reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for
any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the
use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this
mail/post..
"Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
news:eCKrD8QPHHA.4924@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Ah, got it.
> ----------QUOTE--------
> The following sleep states are available on this system: Hibernate Hybrid
> Sleep
> The following sleep states are not available on this system:
> Standby
> The system firmware does not support the standby state.
> ----------UNQUOTE--------
>
> So the system in question should support Hybrid Sleep . . .
>
>
> John Barnes wrote:
>> use the cmd in the run box or Command Prompt from the start menu.
>> I haven't needed elevated permissions.
>>
>> "Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
>> news:eCrcbhMPHHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Hmm. Typing those commands into Run and hitting OK, I get a quick flash
>>> of a window (looks like maybe a command prompt window?) and nothing
>>> else. Does this need special permission, and if so, how do I get it?
>>>
>>> John Barnes wrote:
>>>> have you tried running powercfg -a from the run or command prompt.
>>>> You may also be able to use one of the other functions listed by using
>>>> the command powercfg /?
>>>>
>>>> "Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:ewEQa1LPHHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> I have Vista Business RTM on a Pentium 4 box that's only a few years
>>>>> old. Whenever it goes into the hybrid sleep mode, it refuses to wake
>>>>> up again, and always requires a restart, so I've had to tell it to
>>>>> never sleep. Is it possible that something needs changing in the bios
>>>>> power settings to allow waking up from sleep, or what?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> John Barnett MVP wrote:
>>>>>> The Hibernate option can be put on the start menu, but it means
>>>>>> disabling hybrid sleep (which basically does the job of putting your
>>>>>> pc to sleep while also saving everything to hard drive (like
>>>>>> hibernation). That is, of course, assuming your pc supports hybrid
>>>>>> sleep. For more details on putting the hibernation option on the
>>>>>> start up menu visit this link on my website.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://vistasupport.mvps.org/add_hib...tdown_menu.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm using Vista Ultimate and even that doesn't put the hibernation
>>>>>> option on the shutdown menu.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If your machine doesn't support hybrid sleep then the hybrid sleep
>>>>>> option will not be available in the power options.
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
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