ok, before this problem my pc was turned off automatically. before two days the standby option disappeared from the shutdown menu. in the microsoft support page, they asked me to remove the APM support and reinstall it(see url). since then, the standby option is back, but i have an annoying problem when i shutdown windows 98SE. i get a msg saying "its now safe to turn off your computer" i've tried all the solution i've read in this forum, but this problem was not solved! PLS HELP!!!

There is quite a bit of information contained in http://computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/148972.html that will not come up in a 'Site search' because it is too new. Hope it provides a solution for you. Otherwise post back with what you have done so far for more (if any) ideas. Bryan

Make sure power saving is enabled in cmos. APM support with a yellow ? or ! in device manager and no standby option in shutdown can occur if power saving is disabled in cmos.