From windows help: Stand by and Hibernate appear only if your computer supports these features and you have turned them on in Power Options. See Power Options overview in Help. Rick Glazier From: "dfisch2" >About a year ago I aquired a Gateway computer (3,000Mhz, 1,024MB memory) >preloaded with MS XP. Later, however, it appeared that some files were corrupted >so I moved all files to an external disk and then installed Gateway's "System Recovery" >disk, which supposedly contained Windows XP. This corrected all problems but >created another - the 'Stand By' function disappeared. Is there a simple way to get it back? The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com