DavidKelly
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What is preventing laptop from entering "standby" mode under Win2000 Server ?
Hi,
I have a new Compaq M700 laptop computer and I have tried installing Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server. Under Professional, the laptop successfully enters "Standby" mode when I press the "sleep" button or close the lid of my laptop. However, this does not work under Windows 2000 Server. Instead, I get a dialogue box containing a complaint that the Removable Resource Manager had a resource currently in use, and hence "standby" mode could not be entered. How can I enable the laptop to enter "Standby" mode in this case ? (The only removable resource might be the DVD-ROM or floppy unit, one of which fits into the drive bay.)
I have a new Compaq M700 laptop computer and I have tried installing Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server. Under Professional, the laptop successfully enters "Standby" mode when I press the "sleep" button or close the lid of my laptop. However, this does not work under Windows 2000 Server. Instead, I get a dialogue box containing a complaint that the Removable Resource Manager had a resource currently in use, and hence "standby" mode could not be entered. How can I enable the laptop to enter "Standby" mode in this case ? (The only removable resource might be the DVD-ROM or floppy unit, one of which fits into the drive bay.)
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Thanks for your comment... Yes, I have a 10/100 Ethernet PCMCIA card installed in my laptop - I forgot to mention that. However, Win 2000 Professional still enters "Standby" mode without disabling any device (PCMCIA or DVD, etc). I'll try your suggestion, but I confess that I'll be quite annoyed if I have to disable devices under Server but not under Professional, prior to entering Standby mode.... Thanks agin.
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Thanks for your help. I confess that I'd have preferred a "less intrusive" solution, but I guess with Beta/RCx release software that "beggars can't be choosers"....
Hiya !
I certainly agree with you...
Thanks for the points by the way :)
Regards
Onehouse
I certainly agree with you...
Thanks for the points by the way :)
Regards
Onehouse
it might be because it want to close the some net connections.
Try to disable all your PCMIA space holders and your DVD aswell if you think it might be that.
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Onehouse