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March 30th, 2005 13:00

Computer standby

Recently when placing computer in standby, it worked fine.
Now it goes into standby only for a few moments then returns to normal.
I know that several persons were using the computer, but I do not know how to get it back to a regular standby situation.
thanks
Ed
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    Posted March 31st, 2005 20:00

    Standy By was not created for desktops. It was created for laptops to save battery power. It is unreliable.
  • eagle.eng

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    Posted April 1st, 2005 01:00

    Joanne,
    The standby mode is available from START > TURN OFF COMPUTER > STAND BY OR RESTART OR TURN OFF.
    That is function is installed by Dell on Windows XP when purchasing the computer.
    So am puzzled why Dell installed it if only for a laptop.
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    Posted April 1st, 2005 02:00

    Message after message after message on these forums documents the problems with using Standby and Hibernate on desktop systems.  Yes, it should work.  But, there are too many possible conflicts to easily figure out what goes wrong.  Producers of desktop hardware, devices, and device drivers do not take as much care with making sure that they all work with standby on desktop computers.  Why?  Because these modes are not necessary on desktops.  You can spend the next few thousand hours of your time trying to figure out where the conflict is, or you take the advice given time after time after time on these forums to not use standby or hibernate on desktop systems, but instead use the power savings options to turn off the hard drive and monitor after a specified period of time.  It's your choice and your time.

    Steve