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Forcing hibernate through shortcut

Asked by: jvuz

Hello,

is it possible to force a hibernate in Windows XP, using a shorcut? The command of the shortcut is : rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState

When I try it, or even when I try shift + shutdown (which should perform a hibernate), it doesn't do anything.

Thanks,
Jvuz

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2008-07-09 at 04:34:23ID23549772
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Windows XP Operating System

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by: adamskiangelPosted on 2008-07-09 at 04:51:05ID: 21962473

some power supplies / machines in general are incapable of hibernate. But...

Enabling Hibernation Mode
Finally, if your machine doesn't have Hibernate enabled, it's easy to enable it. If your computer is set up by the manufacturer to support Hibernate: Open the Power Options Properties dialog box and click the Hibernate tab to open the page shown in attahced picture.

Just click the Enable Hibernation check box and you're all set. You will, however, need enough free disk space to hold all of your memory in a single file. This means, if your laptop has 512 MB of RAM as mine does, you'll need roughly 512 MB of free disk space on drive C.



Or....you may  be able to get by with a lesser known utility in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The native commandline tool tsshutdn.exe was originally designed for shutting down servers, not work stations. It was introduced in Windows 2000, and retained in Windows XP. See MSKB 320188, How to Use the TSSHUTDN Command to Shut Down a Terminal Server in Windows 2000 Terminal Services, and MSKB 243202, Windows 2000 Terminal Services Session Management Tools. From a command prompt, type tsshutdn /? for a list of its subcommands and syntax. A command line of C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\TSSHUTDN.EXE 0 /DELAY:0 /POWERDOWN will powerdown most Windows 2000 and Windows XP computers, though some (according to correspondent perris, who first turned me onto this native utility) will get an error message 1702.

 

by: jvuzPosted on 2008-07-09 at 05:03:26ID: 21962569

Sorry, I've should have added that hibernate itself works. It's just when I'm turning some programs, it's like they won't allow to let the system hibernate. Sorry for not being clear in my explanation.

Jvuz

 

by: adamskiangelPosted on 2008-07-09 at 05:17:31ID: 21962690

ohhh, ok

well in that case

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_standby.htm

should resolve the issue, download is halfway down somewhere under a "here" hyperlink.

 

by: jvuzPosted on 2008-07-09 at 05:24:54ID: 21962738

Using the shift button won't work in this case. I think the problem is that I'm running a program that doesn't allow hibernating. Only when the battery is almost empty  it performs a hibernate. If nobody has another suggestion, I think I'll always have to terminate the program and then hibernate. That way it works. :(

 

by: adamskiangelPosted on 2008-07-09 at 05:44:19ID: 21962901

that may be the only way if the program does not accept hibernation, unless you write some form of shut down script for the program.. but a bit much for a few clicks!
sorry i couldbnt help more :(

 

by: jvuzPosted on 2008-07-09 at 05:53:30ID: 21962980

No problem at all, I'm already happy you tried finding a solution. I'll leave it open for a while. Maybe you or somebody else might have an idea.

Jvuz

 

by: adamskiangelPosted on 2008-07-09 at 06:09:53ID: 21963145

it annoyed me, so i carried on looking!

http://www.fixup.net/tips/suspend/suspend.htm

 

by: jvuzPosted on 2008-07-09 at 06:19:05ID: 21963225

You're the best!!!!!
It works!

Thanks alot!!!

 

by: adamskiangelPosted on 2008-07-09 at 06:21:52ID: 21963261

good job my man!

 

by: adamskiangelPosted on 2008-07-09 at 09:08:35ID: 21965270

can we close this off now?

 

by: jvuzPosted on 2008-07-09 at 22:48:18ID: 31474757

Sorry, I thought I already did. Apparently not. Now it's done. Thanks again.

Jvuz

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