Re: Shutdown vs Turn Off Computer (for Hibernate)

Pretty good reasons, IMO. Like you, I've never had problems with Hibernate
either though I know some people do. A properly run, consistant and updated
machine seldom has problems IME.

Cheers,


Ol'' Peculier wrote:
Because, Gerry, I'M his IT dept. and I'd like ours to be equivalent
configs. ;o) Also, hibernation affords "rapid restarts" to the last
condition left before hibernation. And no power consumption in the
mean time.

PS - I've never had a hibenate problem (through 7 laptops and 3
desktops) since beginning using it in... 1998 was it?

"Gerry" wrote:

Why would your father prefer to have his like yours? Hibernate can
cause problems many of us prefer to be without!


Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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Ol'' Peculier wrote:
Hello, all.

I'm running XP Pro. When I click [start] my "leave" options are
[Logoff] and [Shutdown]. My father's computer (also XP Pro) has
[Logoff] and [Turn Off Computer] (!?). With "Turn Off..." his
remaining options are 3 buttons: [Stand By], [Restart], and [Turn
Off Computer], while I have a pull down menu (that includes
Hibernate).

Now then *whew*, why are they different and how do I get his like
mine? We're both SP2 current etc. etc. and I've set his machine's
power options to enable "Hibernate", but the only place I can see to
manually invoke it is from the Task Manager.



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