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Sleep/Hibernation Option Gone

Feb 27, 2011 12:34AM PST

The Sleep/Hibernation option on my computer is gone. I used to use it all the time but now when I go to the list of power modes, I can't even click on Sleep. I see the option but instead of being in regular font like the other options it is just gray. How can I change this? I have Vista Basic. Thanks

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It makes me wonder
Feb 27, 2011 4:00AM PST

if some Service or other has been disabled.

If this worked before what has changed since then?

Access your Services Console through Administrative Tools in the Control Panel, and scroll down to see if "Power" is Automatic or Disabled. Double click the entry to display its Properties and if it is set to Disabled, change that to Automatic, then Start the service.

Another way is offered in the link below;
http://www.bytetips.com/enable-or-disable-windows-hibernation-in-windows-vista/

See if either works.

Mark

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This Happened To Me As Well
Apr 17, 2011 5:49AM PDT

This happened to me too. I had a virus on my computer recently and had to clean a lot of stuff off. I did not intend to but I somehow removed the sleep function. I checked the power settings in "My Computer" to try to add it as an option again but have failed. Any tips?

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Adding hibernation in Vista is not intuitive.
Apr 17, 2011 9:08AM PDT
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It Worked
Apr 20, 2011 7:52AM PDT

Thank you this was very helpful. I was able to turn the "hibernate" feature back on. Do you think this procedure will work for the "sleep" feature as well? Thank you!

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No. But let's cover something about sleep.
Apr 20, 2011 7:58AM PDT

I'll not discuss how you connect sleep with the buttons but write a short answer about Windows and sleep.

It's a simple thing. Windows asks the drivers if they support sleep and if they do, you see sleep in the menus. No sleep in the menus means, most of the time the drivers for motherboards and such are what you find on the Windows CD/DVD or Windows Update.
Bob

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(NT) Thank you
Apr 23, 2011 4:00AM PDT