Re: Lost hibernate & screensaver capabilities

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

From: Jim (kaplanjim_at_attbi.com)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 23:27:43 -0600

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:10:25 -0600, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support you wrote:

>All the problems you mention seem to center on the shutdown feature (ACPI,
>and the "S3" settings in the BIOS).
>
>My approach would be to open BIOS setup, and 'toggle' a few of the S3
>settings back and forth, restarting after, to see if that might change some
>registry entry as windows starts.

Will try the above BIOS tweaks perhaps, but the entry per your note
below is indeed "Uni processor". I had reset the BIOS to default, as
one attempt to fix the problem, but that did not help.
>
>Open Device Manager, see the "Computer" item, and the ACPI below that. The
>Properties there might show "Standard PC" instead of "Uni-processor..." or
>whatever you need. (This would indicate a need for a better BIOS)

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