How to exit standby mode in windows xp

Then there are those times when your PC won't wake up when you want it to. Vista is particularly buggy in this regard, and unfortunately Microsoft hasn't done much to help Vista users find a solution.

Sometimes the problem is associated with an out-of-date video driver. Visit your video-board vendor's site and look for a driver update. Other times the solution is as easy as enabling the wakeup feature of your mouse and keyboard.

In XP, right-click My Computer , choose Manage , select Device Manager , navigate to and double-click the device's entry, choose the Power Management tab, check Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby , click OK , and exit Computer Management. Tomorrow: A modest time-saving proposal: Dump your antivirus. Discuss: Fixes for Windows standby and sleep problems. Log in. Sign up. Computer problem? Tech Support Guy is completely free -- paid for by advertisers and donations.

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This has been going on forever! Well, at least for three years that I know of. I think the notebook-using public ought to file a lawsuit against their butts! Just for grins, I was wondering -- does the driver for that internal NIC provide any power management features controls? If you prefer not to disable the device altogether After all, it might come in handy some time. I'm thinking that it might be worthwhile to try it out using the different settings allow, not allow to see if that makes a difference in how the system behaves when you try to resume.

I'm glad you got it figured out. But the customers should be holding Dell's feet to the fire, especially when the issue has dragged on for so long. And what the heck was up with that support tech, anyway? Whillikers, but they've gotta do something about communications in that company! Okay, I'm done venting. It was nice talking with you. You must log in or register to reply here. Post thread. CPUs and Overclocking. Graphics Cards. AnandTech is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher.

Visit our corporate site. All rights reserved. England and Wales company registration number Top Bottom. I lost the standby mode from all menus. I used to have the laptop set to go into standby mode when the lid was shut. Now, I don't have the option at all.

I know it's a conflict with the new drivers--I've tried to roll them back. I've looked at ACPI issues and drivers. Looked at the Display and Video drivers. Can't figure out how to find the culprit.

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