i have a dual boot, Ubuntu 8.04 and XP SP3. Everything works as expected on the Ubuntu side, but for some reason while in windows when I want to go into standby, it won't. Went into Control panel> Power mgmt and the dropdown menu is totally blank, nothing to adjust... Any clues where to start looking? hardware, if it helps Asrock A780G Full HD mobo 2X2G Corsair 800MHz ddr2
Athlon 5050e brisbane HEC case w/585w PSU dvdrw
I have a compact presario 3080 notebook running windows xp home with sp2 installed. I am unable to use the standby mode, the only option shown 1n the power settings menu for "what to do when I close the lid" is "do nothing" and the standby button is grayed out in the shutdown menu. This used to work, and I am not aware of installing anything that might have caused the problem. I have tried restoring to earlier dates with no luck. I have contacted HP and they tell me the only thing I can do is a complete restore to get this function working again. how I can fix this problem without doing the restore? If not can anyone tell me how to back up Windows xp so that I don't have to download all the updates again?
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Computer Specs-
Pentium M 2.0 (Centrino)
1GB RAM
100 GB HDD
ATI X300 (128MB)
Hi windows just keeps crashing on me not all the time but for example it crashed about 7 times starting up today. Each one at a different point but all sort of just as my pc had stared up, i have concerns that im not getting as much out of my pc as i shud be able too, its a little slow at times as well is there any program or way of seeing if everything is in order??
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