No Stand By After System Reinstall - Standby

Question

Latitude D610 / 1GB RAM / 80 GB hard drive / Windows XP SP2   I've just reinstalled Windows XP SP2 and now I don't have the option to 'Stand By' in my 'Turn Off Computer' dialog box.  'Stand By' is greyed out, while 'Turn Off' and 'Restart' are still available options.   Does this have anything to do with the little 78 MB unnamed FAT partition?  When I did the reinstall, I did not change it, though I did remove the NTFS C: partition and then add it back in before continuing the reinstall.  C: is the only other partition on the hard drive. . How can I fix this?  I've held off on installing any more software until I understand this problem   HELP!!!!!

MACHADO458 · Answer

Try pressing down on the Shift for a few seconds when the Turn Off Computer window appears.   Retrieved info from -> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893056

Erronius · Answer

I had this exact same problem once after reinstalling XP Pro SP2 and it turned out I had forgotten to install the chipset drivers which were needed for Standby to be available.

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XP Pro SP2
Pentium M 755 (2.0GHz)
1GB DDR RAM (2 DIMM)
Intel PRO 2200 (802.11b/g)
15.4 inch WSXGA+ (Samsung)
128MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9600PRO Turbo
60GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive at 7200 rpm (Hitachi)
8x CD/DVD Burner (DVD+RW,+/-R) (modular)
40GB Hdd 5400RPM (modular)
Floppy Drive (Modular)

JBVC1 · Answer

Thanks.   I did finally fix the problem by installing the Chip Set drivers and also the ATI video driver for my latitude D610.

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