Tuesday, July 1, 2008

PC Tips : Standby and Hibernate options (Win XP)

Standby

If your pc is idle for a some period of time, it goes into power-saving standby mode. Manual standby requires you to specify an action that puts your computer in standby mode or pressing the power button or the sleep button, and you can also select standby option when you shut down Windows, while in standby mode your PC will consume very less power and quickly returns when you power up your pc again.


Hibernate

If you select hibernate option, it saves all your open files and documents then it powers down your pc. And, when you press power button, your files and documents are open on your desktop exactly as you left them.

This is very useful utility for laptop users when their laptop battery power reaches a critically low level.


How to enable Hibernate option ?

open control panel, select power options and open it, select hibernate and enable it using check box. Then, select shutdown option using start menu, press Shift Key, you can see hibernate option there.

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