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No Standby in Safe Mode?

E

Ed from AZ

Flightless Bird
I've had an on-going frustration with my laptop (Dell D600 Latitude
running XP Pro SP 3)- there are many times I use it that I do not want
my WiFi network services or "protection programs" (AVG free, Spyware
terminator, ZoneAlarm) loaded. I'm going to sit at home and dink a
bit, or use a VB program I wrote at church.

The church scenario is especially bad. The protection prgrams want to
touch every file and scan it, periodically call home for updates, run
whole computer scans, etc. Really slows the machine down. So I would
start it up at home, wait for it to finish loading, and shut the
programs down (Fn+F2 kills the WiFi, ZoneAlarm - stop all internet
activity, Spyware & AVG - stop all scans, monitering, etc), and load
my VB program. Then I could shut down to Standby, take it to church,
pop it open and it's ready to go.

A real D'oh!! moment over the weekend when it dawned on my that I can
start up in Safe mode, have no WiFi or other programs load on start,
and still run my VB. It seemed like the perfect answer!! (Right in
front of me the whole time, naturally!)

But I don't have Stand By in the Shut Down menu on Safe Mode. Is
there a way to add this in? Or maybe invoke it with a script or other
method?

Ed
 
T

thecreator

Flightless Bird
Hi Ed,

You can use msconfig to convert Normal Mode to a Clean Mode and have
Standby.

Open msconfig.
Click Services Click or Check Hide All Microsoft Services. Now click
Disable All. Click Apply. Click OK.
Click Startup. Click Disable All, then click what Startup programs you
still want. Click Apply. Click OK.
Click OK. Click OK. Click Restart.


--
thecreator




"Ed from AZ" <prof_ofwhat@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:fc26a284-3856-499d-8187-7cef7d7b7e11@v12g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
> I've had an on-going frustration with my laptop (Dell D600 Latitude
> running XP Pro SP 3)- there are many times I use it that I do not want
> my WiFi network services or "protection programs" (AVG free, Spyware
> terminator, ZoneAlarm) loaded. I'm going to sit at home and dink a
> bit, or use a VB program I wrote at church.
>
> The church scenario is especially bad. The protection prgrams want to
> touch every file and scan it, periodically call home for updates, run
> whole computer scans, etc. Really slows the machine down. So I would
> start it up at home, wait for it to finish loading, and shut the
> programs down (Fn+F2 kills the WiFi, ZoneAlarm - stop all internet
> activity, Spyware & AVG - stop all scans, monitering, etc), and load
> my VB program. Then I could shut down to Standby, take it to church,
> pop it open and it's ready to go.
>
> A real D'oh!! moment over the weekend when it dawned on my that I can
> start up in Safe mode, have no WiFi or other programs load on start,
> and still run my VB. It seemed like the perfect answer!! (Right in
> front of me the whole time, naturally!)
>
> But I don't have Stand By in the Shut Down menu on Safe Mode. Is
> there a way to add this in? Or maybe invoke it with a script or other
> method?
>
> Ed
 
J

Jose

Flightless Bird
On Jun 1, 10:31 am, Ed from AZ <prof_ofw...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've had an on-going frustration with my laptop (Dell D600 Latitude
> running XP Pro SP 3)- there are many times I use it that I do not want
> my WiFi network services or "protection programs" (AVG free, Spyware
> terminator, ZoneAlarm) loaded.  I'm going to sit at home and dink a
> bit, or use a VB program I wrote at church.
>
> The church scenario is especially bad.  The protection prgrams want to
> touch every file and scan it, periodically call home for updates, run
> whole computer scans, etc.  Really slows the machine down.  So I would
> start it up at home, wait for it to finish loading, and shut the
> programs down (Fn+F2 kills the WiFi, ZoneAlarm - stop all internet
> activity, Spyware & AVG - stop all scans, monitering, etc), and load
> my VB program.  Then I could shut down to Standby, take it to church,
> pop it open and it's ready to go.
>
> A real D'oh!! moment over the weekend when it dawned on my that I can
> start up in Safe mode, have no WiFi or other programs load on start,
> and still run my VB.  It seemed like the perfect answer!!  (Right in
> front of me the whole time, naturally!)
>
> But I don't have Stand By in the Shut Down menu on Safe Mode.  Is
> there a way to add this in?  Or maybe invoke it with a script or other
> method?
>
> Ed


Do you mean to say that when you boot in Safe Mode, you have Stand By
in the Turn off computer menu but the Stand By button is not enabled
(clickable)?

What is you had two configurations that you could choose when you boot
- one that would run everything normally and a second one for your
drinking time that just enables the things you want?
 
E

Ed from AZ

Flightless Bird
Using msconfig - unless I could script it or save the "Clean Mode" as
a start-up option - would take more time and clicks than simply
letting it boot normally then using one or two clicks per icon to turn
things off. Can I save that other config as a boot option?

Ed

On Jun 1, 8:13 am, "thecreator" <thecrea...@home.com> wrote:
> Hi Ed,
>
>     You can use msconfig to convert Normal Mode to a Clean Mode and have
> Standby.
>
>     Open msconfig.
>     Click Services Click or Check Hide All Microsoft Services. Now click
> Disable All. Click Apply. Click OK.
>     Click Startup. Click Disable All, then click what Startup programs you
> still want. Click Apply. Click OK.
>     Click OK. Click OK. Click Restart.
>
> --
> thecreator
>
> "Ed from AZ" <prof_ofw...@yahoo.com> wrote in messagenews:fc26a284-3856-499d-8187-7cef7d7b7e11@v12g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > I've had an on-going frustration with my laptop (Dell D600 Latitude
> > running XP Pro SP 3)- there are many times I use it that I do not want
> > my WiFi network services or "protection programs" (AVG free, Spyware
> > terminator, ZoneAlarm) loaded.  I'm going to sit at home and dink a
> > bit, or use a VB program I wrote at church.

>
> > The church scenario is especially bad.  The protection prgrams want to
> > touch every file and scan it, periodically call home for updates, run
> > whole computer scans, etc.  Really slows the machine down.  So I would
> > start it up at home, wait for it to finish loading, and shut the
> > programs down (Fn+F2 kills the WiFi, ZoneAlarm - stop all internet
> > activity, Spyware & AVG - stop all scans, monitering, etc), and load
> > my VB program.  Then I could shut down to Standby, take it to church,
> > pop it open and it's ready to go.

>
> > A real D'oh!! moment over the weekend when it dawned on my that I can
> > start up in Safe mode, have no WiFi or other programs load on start,
> > and still run my VB.  It seemed like the perfect answer!!  (Right in
> > front of me the whole time, naturally!)

>
> > But I don't have Stand By in the Shut Down menu on Safe Mode.  Is
> > there a way to add this in?  Or maybe invoke it with a script or other
> > method?

>
> > Ed- Hide quoted text -

>
> - Show quoted text -
 
E

Ed from AZ

Flightless Bird
> Do you mean to say that when you boot in Safe Mode, you have Stand By
> in the Turn off computer menu but the Stand By button is not enabled
> (clickable)?


Sorry - in Safe mode, the Standby option is not in the drop-down menu
for Start button >> Shut Down.

> What if you had two configurations that you could choose when you boot
> - one that would run everything normally and a second one for your
> dinking time that just enables the things you want?


I'd love it!! Don't know how to set it up, and don't want to spend an
extra 20-30 minutes tweaking every time I use it. That just defeats
the purpose.

I had thought of uninstalling ZoneAlarm, etc and then creating a
second user and reinstalling the programs just under that user. Don't
know if that owuld do the trick. Lotta work if it doesn't.

Ed

On Jun 1, 9:16 am, Jose <jose_e...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jun 1, 10:31 am, Ed from AZ <prof_ofw...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I've had an on-going frustration with my laptop (Dell D600 Latitude
> > running XP Pro SP 3)- there are many times I use it that I do not want
> > my WiFi network services or "protection programs" (AVG free, Spyware
> > terminator, ZoneAlarm) loaded.  I'm going to sit at home and dink a
> > bit, or use a VB program I wrote at church.

>
> > The church scenario is especially bad.  The protection prgrams want to
> > touch every file and scan it, periodically call home for updates, run
> > whole computer scans, etc.  Really slows the machine down.  So I would
> > start it up at home, wait for it to finish loading, and shut the
> > programs down (Fn+F2 kills the WiFi, ZoneAlarm - stop all internet
> > activity, Spyware & AVG - stop all scans, monitering, etc), and load
> > my VB program.  Then I could shut down to Standby, take it to church,
> > pop it open and it's ready to go.

>
> > A real D'oh!! moment over the weekend when it dawned on my that I can
> > start up in Safe mode, have no WiFi or other programs load on start,
> > and still run my VB.  It seemed like the perfect answer!!  (Right in
> > front of me the whole time, naturally!)

>
> > But I don't have Stand By in the Shut Down menu on Safe Mode.  Is
> > there a way to add this in?  Or maybe invoke it with a script or other
> > method?

>
> > Ed

>
> Do you mean to say that when you boot in Safe Mode, you have Stand By
> in the Turn off computer menu but the Stand By button is not enabled
> (clickable)?
>
> What is you had two configurations that you could choose when you boot
> - one that would run everything normally and a second one for your
> drinking time that just enables the things you want?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
 
D

Db

Flightless Bird
what you can do is to
utilize the "start up"
folder under program
files start menu

and place programs you
want started with the desktop
for a particular login.

then for another login
leave the startup folder
blank.

to populate a startup
folder with programs
that are to launch with
a certain login,

you can open up the
msconfig console and
basically move the programs
under the startup tab to the
startup folder,

sort of speak.

--
--
db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

DatabaseBen, Retired Professional

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This NNTP newsgroup is evolving to:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx


"Ed from AZ" <prof_ofwhat@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:fc26a284-3856-499d-8187-7cef7d7b7e11@v12g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
> I've had an on-going frustration with my laptop (Dell D600 Latitude
> running XP Pro SP 3)- there are many times I use it that I do not want
> my WiFi network services or "protection programs" (AVG free, Spyware
> terminator, ZoneAlarm) loaded. I'm going to sit at home and dink a
> bit, or use a VB program I wrote at church.
>
> The church scenario is especially bad. The protection prgrams want to
> touch every file and scan it, periodically call home for updates, run
> whole computer scans, etc. Really slows the machine down. So I would
> start it up at home, wait for it to finish loading, and shut the
> programs down (Fn+F2 kills the WiFi, ZoneAlarm - stop all internet
> activity, Spyware & AVG - stop all scans, monitering, etc), and load
> my VB program. Then I could shut down to Standby, take it to church,
> pop it open and it's ready to go.
>
> A real D'oh!! moment over the weekend when it dawned on my that I can
> start up in Safe mode, have no WiFi or other programs load on start,
> and still run my VB. It seemed like the perfect answer!! (Right in
> front of me the whole time, naturally!)
>
> But I don't have Stand By in the Shut Down menu on Safe Mode. Is
> there a way to add this in? Or maybe invoke it with a script or other
> method?
>
> Ed
 
J

John John - MVP

Flightless Bird
Look into Hardware Profiles, search your Windows Help for more
information or read here:

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/hardware_profiles.html
Windows XP Hardware Profiles - Little known goodies

Ken Salter's FSAutoStart might just be the tool for you, this was
written for Flight Sim users who need to squeeze as much power as
possible out of their machines to run the game but it can be used for
all kinds of other similar needs:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5746.html

John

Ed from AZ wrote:
> I've had an on-going frustration with my laptop (Dell D600 Latitude
> running XP Pro SP 3)- there are many times I use it that I do not want
> my WiFi network services or "protection programs" (AVG free, Spyware
> terminator, ZoneAlarm) loaded. I'm going to sit at home and dink a
> bit, or use a VB program I wrote at church.
>
> The church scenario is especially bad. The protection prgrams want to
> touch every file and scan it, periodically call home for updates, run
> whole computer scans, etc. Really slows the machine down. So I would
> start it up at home, wait for it to finish loading, and shut the
> programs down (Fn+F2 kills the WiFi, ZoneAlarm - stop all internet
> activity, Spyware & AVG - stop all scans, monitering, etc), and load
> my VB program. Then I could shut down to Standby, take it to church,
> pop it open and it's ready to go.
>
> A real D'oh!! moment over the weekend when it dawned on my that I can
> start up in Safe mode, have no WiFi or other programs load on start,
> and still run my VB. It seemed like the perfect answer!! (Right in
> front of me the whole time, naturally!)
>
> But I don't have Stand By in the Shut Down menu on Safe Mode. Is
> there a way to add this in? Or maybe invoke it with a script or other
> method?
>
> Ed
 
D

Daave

Flightless Bird
Why not create a separate "Clean Boot" profile and use it in those
instances you cite below?

Ed from AZ wrote:
> Using msconfig - unless I could script it or save the "Clean Mode" as
> a start-up option - would take more time and clicks than simply
> letting it boot normally then using one or two clicks per icon to turn
> things off. Can I save that other config as a boot option?
>
> Ed
>
> On Jun 1, 8:13 am, "thecreator" <thecrea...@home.com> wrote:
>> Hi Ed,
>>
>> You can use msconfig to convert Normal Mode to a Clean Mode and have
>> Standby.
>>
>> Open msconfig.
>> Click Services Click or Check Hide All Microsoft Services. Now click
>> Disable All. Click Apply. Click OK.
>> Click Startup. Click Disable All, then click what Startup programs
>> you
>> still want. Click Apply. Click OK.
>> Click OK. Click OK. Click Restart.
>>
>> --
>> thecreator
>>
>> "Ed from AZ" <prof_ofw...@yahoo.com> wrote in
>> messagenews:fc26a284-3856-499d-8187-7cef7d7b7e11@v12g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>> I've had an on-going frustration with my laptop (Dell D600 Latitude
>>> running XP Pro SP 3)- there are many times I use it that I do not
>>> want my WiFi network services or "protection programs" (AVG free,
>>> Spyware terminator, ZoneAlarm) loaded. I'm going to sit at home and
>>> dink a bit, or use a VB program I wrote at church.

>>
>>> The church scenario is especially bad. The protection prgrams want
>>> to touch every file and scan it, periodically call home for
>>> updates, run whole computer scans, etc. Really slows the machine
>>> down. So I would start it up at home, wait for it to finish
>>> loading, and shut the programs down (Fn+F2 kills the WiFi,
>>> ZoneAlarm - stop all internet activity, Spyware & AVG - stop all
>>> scans, monitering, etc), and load my VB program. Then I could shut
>>> down to Standby, take it to church, pop it open and it's ready to
>>> go.

>>
>>> A real D'oh!! moment over the weekend when it dawned on my that I
>>> can start up in Safe mode, have no WiFi or other programs load on
>>> start, and still run my VB. It seemed like the perfect answer!!
>>> (Right in front of me the whole time, naturally!)

>>
>>> But I don't have Stand By in the Shut Down menu on Safe Mode. Is
>>> there a way to add this in? Or maybe invoke it with a script or
>>> other method?

>>
>>> Ed- Hide quoted text -

>>
>> - Show quoted text -
 
E

Ed from AZ

Flightless Bird
>> Why not create a separate "Clean Boot" profile and
>> use it in those instances you cite below?


Any chance it would be as simple as copying the current user folder
and renaming it, then modifying that one? 8>}

John - Thanks for those links! I think you may have answered my
question above!

Ed
 
J

Jose

Flightless Bird
On Jun 1, 12:57 pm, Ed from AZ <prof_ofw...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Do you mean to say that when you boot in Safe Mode, you have Stand By
> > in the Turn off computer menu but the Stand By button is not enabled
> > (clickable)?

>
> Sorry - in Safe mode, the Standby option is not in the drop-down menu
> for Start button >> Shut Down.
>
> > What if you had two configurations that you could choose when you boot
> > - one that would run everything normally and a second one for your
> > dinking time that just enables the things you want?

>
> I'd love it!!  Don't know how to set it up, and don't want to spend an
> extra 20-30 minutes tweaking every time I use it.  That just defeats
> the purpose.
>
> I had thought of uninstalling ZoneAlarm, etc and then creating a
> second user and reinstalling the programs just under that user.  Don't
> know if that owuld do the trick.  Lotta work if it doesn't.
>
> Ed
>
> On Jun 1, 9:16 am, Jose <jose_e...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jun 1, 10:31 am, Ed from AZ <prof_ofw...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> > > I've had an on-going frustration with my laptop (Dell D600 Latitude
> > > running XP Pro SP 3)- there are many times I use it that I do not want
> > > my WiFi network services or "protection programs" (AVG free, Spyware
> > > terminator, ZoneAlarm) loaded.  I'm going to sit at home and dink a
> > > bit, or use a VB program I wrote at church.

>
> > > The church scenario is especially bad.  The protection prgrams wantto
> > > touch every file and scan it, periodically call home for updates, run
> > > whole computer scans, etc.  Really slows the machine down.  So I would
> > > start it up at home, wait for it to finish loading, and shut the
> > > programs down (Fn+F2 kills the WiFi, ZoneAlarm - stop all internet
> > > activity, Spyware & AVG - stop all scans, monitering, etc), and load
> > > my VB program.  Then I could shut down to Standby, take it to church,
> > > pop it open and it's ready to go.

>
> > > A real D'oh!! moment over the weekend when it dawned on my that I can
> > > start up in Safe mode, have no WiFi or other programs load on start,
> > > and still run my VB.  It seemed like the perfect answer!!  (Rightin
> > > front of me the whole time, naturally!)

>
> > > But I don't have Stand By in the Shut Down menu on Safe Mode.  Is
> > > there a way to add this in?  Or maybe invoke it with a script or other
> > > method?

>
> > > Ed

>
> > Do you mean to say that when you boot in Safe Mode, you have Stand By
> > in the Turn off computer menu but the Stand By button is not enabled
> > (clickable)?

>
> > What is you had two configurations that you could choose when you boot
> > - one that would run everything normally and a second one for your
> > drinking time that just enables the things you want?- Hide quoted text -

>
> > - Show quoted text -


Sounds like you are on your way.

I think of Safe Mode is a debugging tool - not a way to run things.
When you boot Safe Mode, it uses a minimal configuration and that does
not include your video drivers that you would normally use in a
regular boot.

Lot of things don't work in Safe Mode because they are not supposed to
work - that is not how Safe Mode was designed to be used.

Sometimes when folks see the Stand By or Hibernate options missing or
grayed out, chances are pretty good they do not have the correct video
drivers so updating them will fix the issue.

Sometimes you will see advice to "Try to run sfc /scannow in Safe
Mode" - a trial and error troubleshooting method, but sfc /scannow
will not run in Safe Mode - it is not supposed to. Try it and you
will see this:

Windows File Protection could not initiate a scan of protected system
files.
The specific error code is 0x000006ba [The RPC server is
unavailable.].

You cannot start the RPC Server in Safe Mode either.

You could however run sfc /scanonce to initial a /scannow on the next
reboot:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747/en

That advice always cracks me up.

You may also wan to look at the consequences of enabling so much
(perhaps too much) protection in your anti-whatever you are running
applications. Enabling all scanning options comes at a price - and
that price is a performance hit.

Some people think enabling things like email scanning is not
necessary:

Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email:

http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm

I would lean towards two profiles/logins. One for when you are
drinking and one when you are not drinking. Oh - you said
"dinking"...

You may have to reinstall some things to make it "easy", but live and
learn with new ideas and second thoughts just makes you smarter.
 
E

Ed from AZ

Flightless Bird
Thanks for the reply, Jose.

On Jun 1, 5:47 pm, Jose <jose_e...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think of Safe Mode is a debugging tool - not a way to run things.
> When you boot Safe Mode, it uses a minimal configuration and that does
> not include your video drivers that you would normally use in a
> regular boot.


That would be fine for what I do at church. But I would probably miss
some functions at home "dinking" around (as in puttering, doing this
'n that, playing a game or two - not a typo as I don't do the
"drinking" thing).

> You may also wan to look at the consequences of enabling so much
> (perhaps too much) protection in your anti-whatever you are running
> applications.  Enabling all scanning options comes at a price - and
> that price is a performance hit.


Which is why I try to turn a lot of it off when I know I'm not going
to need it - like when I'm not on the 'net or using any files other
than what's already on my machine and already scanned to death!

> I would lean towards two profiles/logins.  
> You may have to reinstall some things to make it "easy", but live and
> learn with new ideas and second thoughts just makes you smarter.


Learning and getting smarter is always my preferred choice!
Thanks to all for the learning!!

Ed
 
C

Creative_Ideas

Flightless Bird
Hi Ed from AZ,

You basically nailed it. What You See Is What You Get. Safe mode is
meant as a fail safe way to get back into your PC in case you are having
errors with software, video problems, etc. Stand By is just another one
of those programs that will get forgotten in safe mode.


Creative_Ideas
 
T

Tim Meddick

Flightless Bird
There's no way I know to call the system into "Standby" mode.

I know how to invoke "Hibernate" from the command-line (cmd.exe) or "Run"
box :


RUNDLL32.EXE PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState


....but again, as for sending it into "Standby" mode, I downloaded a great
little (yet very powerful) tool called "NirCMD.exe" which, amongst it's
myriad functions, is a call for system "Standby" :


nircmd.exe standby force


....you can download the nircmd.exe utility by clicking on the link below :

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.zip

Just open the archive and copy the contents into your C:/WINDOWS directory.
You should then run the command to send the system into standby.

I can't see why it wouldn't still work in safe-mode, but I haven't tried it
so I don't know.

Worth a try... if it does work, you could paste the command into a new
shortcut, so you could have a one-click-standby mode from the desktop...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :)




"Ed from AZ" <prof_ofwhat@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:fc26a284-3856-499d-8187-7cef7d7b7e11@v12g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
>
> < clipped >
>
> But I don't have Stand By in the Shut Down menu on Safe Mode. Is
> there a way to add this in? Or maybe invoke it with a script or other
> method?
>
> Ed
 
J

Jose

Flightless Bird
On Jun 2, 7:25 pm, "Tim Meddick" <timmedd...@o2.co.uk> wrote:
> There's no way I know to call the system into "Standby" mode.
>
> I know how to invoke "Hibernate" from the command-line (cmd.exe) or "Run"
> box :
>
> RUNDLL32.EXE  PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState
>
> ...but again, as for sending it into "Standby" mode, I downloaded a great
> little (yet very powerful) tool called "NirCMD.exe" which, amongst it's
> myriad functions, is a call for system "Standby" :
>
> nircmd.exe standby force
>
> ...you can download the nircmd.exe utility by clicking on the link below :
>
> http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.zip
>
> Just open the archive and copy the contents into your C:/WINDOWS directory.
> You should then run the command to send the system into standby.
>
> I can't see why it wouldn't still work in safe-mode, but I haven't tried it
> so I don't know.
>
> Worth a try...   if it does work, you could paste the command into a new
> shortcut, so you could have a one-click-standby mode from the desktop...
>
> ==
>
> Cheers,    Tim Meddick,    Peckham, London.    :)
>
> "Ed from AZ" <prof_ofw...@yahoo.com> wrote in messagenews:fc26a284-3856-499d-8187-7cef7d7b7e11@v12g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > < clipped >

>
> > But I don't have Stand By in the Shut Down menu on Safe Mode.  Is
> > there a way to add this in?  Or maybe invoke it with a script or other
> > method?

>
> > Ed


Even that rundll32 command will not work in Safe Mode (at least for
me). I already tried it. If it worked I would have suggested
somebody help write a batch file or something to a shortcut.

Does it work for you in Safe Mode - even invoking hibernate from Safe
Mode (did you actually try it).

Does your nircmd work in Safe Mode? I have that nircmd somewhere...

Stand By seems to be risky too me anyway, so I will never use it or
recommend it. It had it's day though.

I am a chronic hibernator.(but not in Safe Mode).
 
J

John John - MVP

Flightless Bird
Tim Meddick wrote:
> There's no way I know to call the system into "Standby" mode.


You have to disable Hibernate then your command will put the computer
into standby:

Powercfg /h off
(Hibernate is disabled)

RUNDLL32.EXE PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState
(the computer will go into stand by)

--------------------------------------------------

Powercfg /h on
(Hibernate is enabled)

RUNDLL32.EXE PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState
(the computer will hibernate)

John
 
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Tim Meddick

Flightless Bird
Well, thanks, I didn't actually know that....

But, don't you think that it's cheating a little bit?

If you wanted the ability to call either function at any time, without
having to remember to enable /disable / re-enable hibernate-mode, then you
could just do the simple little thing I advised, and download the
NirCMD.exe utility, and execute either :

RUNDLL32.EXE PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState
To (as is natural) place PC in hibernate (S3) mode.

....or...

nircmd.exe standby force
To (without having to "disable" anything) place the PC into suspend (S1)
state.

Again; download the simple [free] and powerful NirCMD.exe utility :
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.zip

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :)




"John John - MVP" <audetweld@nbnot.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:u0Gy9nrALHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Tim Meddick wrote:
>> There's no way I know to call the system into "Standby" mode.

>
> You have to disable Hibernate then your command will put the computer
> into standby:
>
> Powercfg /h off
> (Hibernate is disabled)
>
> RUNDLL32.EXE PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState
> (the computer will go into stand by)
>
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> Powercfg /h on
> (Hibernate is enabled)
>
> RUNDLL32.EXE PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState
> (the computer will hibernate)
>
> John
 
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