RE: Hibernation Issue

That was it! I uninstalled Alcohol 120, tried Hibernation and it works! I
then reinstalled Alcohol 120, updated it and Hibernation still works. I guess
the thing to do is enable Hibernation first, before installing other
software. Thanks, Stephen


"srnoth" wrote:

> Hey there Dr. Edison,
>
> I just had the same problem and error message with my TOSHIBA laptop, and I
> can tell you that the fix had nothing to do with the drivers. I did the same
> thing where I installed xp with an OEM disk to get away from all the junk
> that the restore disk has on it.
>
> Anyway, I had to uninstall Alcohol 120%, restart the computer, and then I
> enabled hibernation without any problems. Then I reinstalled Alcohol 120%,
> and everything worked fine.
>
> If you don't have Alcohol 120% installed, then it may be some other software
> installed that is causing the problem. Try uninstalling all your software,
> then enabling hibernation, and then reinstalling the software. This should
> work.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Stephen.
>
> P.S. Keep installing from OEM CDs!! Do not be phased!!!
>
> "Dr. Edison" wrote:
>
> > Hello, I just did a fresh install of XP Home on my laptop, a Sony Vaio
> > PCG-V505EX. I instaled from a XP Home, OEM CD rather than the Sony restore
> > ones...too much junk gets installed that I'd end up removing. Anyway, when I
> > try to enable Hibernation from desktop/properties/screensaver/power
> > management I get an error saying "The process cannot access the file because
> > it is being used by another process" I looked for Hibfile.sys and its not on
> > my hd. Any ideas as to whats wrong and a possible fix? Btw, I've installed
> > all sps and updates.
> > Thanks, Edison
.

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