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WTF gives with Windows??

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i'm running Windows Xp and I have my comp set to stand by when I press the power button but down when I press the button nothing happens and when I try to do it from the shut down menu Stand By is greyed out. WTF gives??
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Ummmm..... I might be mistaken, but not all computers support standby mode.
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Guy N. Cognito wrote:Ummmm..... I might be mistaken, but not all computers support standby mode.
well standby has been working for it up until today thats when it stopped working
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Did you turn off ACPI in your BIOS by chance?
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Well i've decided that I need to do a complete re-install of windows it was just getting too slow and had too much crap accumuilated on it wish me luck!
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