Re: stand by botton greyed out

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:39:53 -0500

Hi,

The drivers are how the OS talks to the hardware. Without them the OS would
not be able to interact with the system BIOS to make anything work. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"tanner" <tanner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:6AC9B5E0-B027-43D1-810E-64C2E6FA195A@microsoft.com...
> thanks at least i have the probable cause .but are the drivers more 
> important
> then the bios settings?
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi tanner,
>>
>> It is important. Reinstalling the system wiped out the drivers needed to
>> support that function. Ramesh has given you a link to a page I wrote on 
>> this
>> problem. As he has stated, you need to reinstall the system drivers, you 
>> are
>> using Windows defaults and these frequently do not support the standby
>> function.
>>
>> -- 
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "tanner" <tanner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A9878DDA-30F6-40B1-9F24-67A84A7FB1C0@microsoft.com...
>> >i ran a refresh disk that came with the pc.but thats not important,the
>> >stand
>> > by button is greyed out how can i fix it
>> >
>> > "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi tanner,
>> >>
>> >> What do you mean by "refreshed"?
>> >>
>> >> -- 
>> >> Best of Luck,
>> >>
>> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> >> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> >> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> >>
>> >> "tanner" <tanner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:FC1C930F-7113-4124-B198-2202DC120DBF@microsoft.com...
>> >> > after refreshing my pc . the stand by bottonis greyed out how can i 
>> >> > get
>> >> > it
>> >> > back
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>