Hi Gordon,

There has been several good responses to your initial post but, from this 
reply, I think you missed the point that hibernate and standby are two 
different power states, not equivalent. I suggest you go to Start Menu\Help 
and Support and enter "Power Options" in the search box. The resulting 
information will explain the differences. One suggestion was to check the 
documentation that came with your computer, another source. Finally, you can 
check the computer manufacturers Web site, as well as conducting a search of 
the Internet using your favorite search engine.

Your posts indicate you have been using the Standby option.

Sven Swanson, Sr.
The NoSpin Group, Inc.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Totty" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Hibernation


Thanks for the helpful replies.  At this point I am ready to assume that
Stand By and Hibernate are equivalent terms.  When my computer goes into
Stand By, the HDD stops spinning, the monitor goes into a black screen, low
power state, etc.  When I come out of Stand By, it is necessary to press the
power button on the computer.  Then, the screen comes to life and I have to
click on my user icon.  It all goes very fast.  I've never had a problem
with this, and use it most often, only rebooting about once or twice per
week.

I checked in Screen Saver, as directed, and found under the Power option
that Hibernate is enabled.  Were it not, I was prepared to not enable it
owing to the critical comments posted about it.  However, it works
flawlessly for me.

Gordon Totty 

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