I'm confused. Didn't you say you had it and now it is gone?
XP supports it.
                                      Rick Glazier

From: "dfisch2"
>I believe that you are correct in stating that the 'stand by' function 
> appears only if the computer's OS supports this feature; unfortunately, mine 
> doesn't!

"Richard Glazier"
>> Stand by and Hibernate appear only if your computer supports
>> these features and you have turned them on in Power Options.


>> From: "dfisch2"
>>>preloaded with MS XP. 
clipped
>>>"System Recovery" disk, which supposedly contained Windows XP.  
clipped
>>>- the 'Stand By' function disappeared.  Is there a simple 
>>>way to get it back?

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