Re: hibernation

On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:22:22 -0800, Andre DeLemarre wrote:

> I am the computer administrator and the only one,the guest account is
> disabled.
> Device Manager /my computer/expand ACPI Uniprocessor PC
> If I click properties Driver Type Computer
> manufacturer standard computer
> location unknown

Andre, this tells me that Windows recognizes your system as an ACPI
computer. So we don't have to worry about the wrong hal.dll being
installed.

> I check my BIOS and APM is enabled.
> I check also the hal.dll and find 3 entries
> one in system 32 5.1.2600.2180 128 kb
> the two others one in driver cache\i386\driver.cabs with 101 kb and the
> second in driver cache i386\sp2.cab with 103 kb

The BIOS setting confirms what we can already see in Device Manager. The
multiple copies of hal.dll are of no concern. You are logged on with an
account in the administrator group. These are all requirements to get the
Standby/Hibernate options available in the Windows Power Options control
panel applet. But for some reason, they're not appearing for you.

Some reasons why they may not appear:
-System is a member of a domain. No hibernate option is normal with this
configuration. However, from your description, this is not the case with
your setup.

-A third party tool is used to manage standby/hibernate. An extra icon in
Control Panel is commonly seen on laptops. It does not sound like this is
the case for you either.

-Virtual memory turned off: Use System Properties> Advanced> Performance>
Advanced> Virtual Memory> Change: set to let Windows manage.

-Not enough space on the hard drive for the hiberfil.sys file.

Check the properties of your hard drive to see if it is close to full. If
it is, you'll need to restore space for the file to be created. Do this by
uninstalling programs that you do not use. Move copies of old data onto CDs
and delete the hard drive copies once you've confirmed the move was
successful and that the data on the CD is intact. General cleanup - get rid
of old data files that you no longer need or want.

A note about deleting: If you have the Norton Protected Bin installed,
clearing the recycle bin usually moves files to the protected bin. Empty
the protected bin too.

-You have a large amount of RAM installed. Performance of hibernate with
2GB of RAM or more is poor so the hibernate option is not available.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;888575

-Your system failed to resume properly from hibernate a number of times.
Windows will automatically disable hibernate to protect the system. No way
that I know of to fix this short of a clean reinstall. (There may be other
ways, I just don't what they are.)

If still no luck, I'm afraid that you're at a point where you need to talk
to tech support for your system as we've exhausted all of the more common
reasons for Power Options to be missing. The only ones left would be
reasons that are directly related to your system.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
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