Locking instead of Hibernating

Question

Hello! I have a problem practically since i bough my laptop. When i click the hibernate button it goes to the lock screen, instead of hibernating, what i found weird is that it did work ok for the first days, and now it isn't. Thank you!

mombodog · Answer

Open command prompt as administrator   type or copy/paste the following command   powercfg -h on   hit enter   reboot, see if it works.

ghavi · Answer

Thank you. I did it but i'm still with the same problem. :smileysad:

mombodog · Answer

You are using this button?

ghavi · Answer

no, i'm not using that button. I use the arrow that is next to the lock button, and then select hibernate.

ghavi · Answer

Did it, but that button puts it to sleep, not hibernate.

mombodog · Answer

Hmmm, I don't have that in my menu, try the button

mombodog · Answer

According to this person Sleep and Hibernate are the same in Vista   http://www.johntp.com/2007/04/02/what-happened-to-standby-and-hibernate-in-windows-vista/   'Windows Vista combines standby and hibernate into a single power-saving state called sleep'

Rebel9 · Answer

mombodog, This article has a pretty good explanation. It also explains how to determine whether or not your computer supports hibernation.

mombodog · Answer

One last attempt, there are keyboard shortcuts for sleep and hibernation.

Flag then U then H for hibernation

Flag then U then S for Sleep.

pressing these keys in sequence (not at the same time) should activate the desired action.

Video drivers play a big role in sleep and hibernation, so you might see if a Video driver update helps things.

Message Edited by mombodog on 09-15-2007 06:57 PM

ghavi · Answer

Thank both of you for the article but, hibernation exists in Vista, since it did work for me once(and it still works in my friend's laptop) and they are both different hibernation and sleep. As for the second article, that could be useful when you don't have the hibernation option at all, but i do have the option and the button, so i think the problem is somewhere else.   I'm starting to think that it has to do with some kind of Vista upgrades, but i'm not sure. I'm still with the problem..

ghavi · Answer

Shame, nothing seemed to work. :(

mombodog · Answer

I feel you pain. If I find anything else I will post back.

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