I seem to recall that you tell XP whether the computer supports ACPI power 
management (most do these days...) during the OS installation process.  If 
I'm recalling that correctly, I don't know if there's a way to add this 
later if you told it no.

David Gillett


On 6 Apr 2007 at 21:21, Richard Glazier wrote:

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Subject:        	Re: [PCBUILD] 'Stand By' function
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> 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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