When something goes wrong when switching to or during standby mode, Windows asks if you want to disable the standby mode so the problem doesn't happen again. It happened to me the other day, and I accidentally clicked yes. I looked at all of the settings, including the BIOS settings, I looked at Windows help, and I googled, but I can't find out how to enable Standby mode again. How the heck can I get standby mode back after accidentally disabling it? Thanks, -Trent "If at first you don't succeed, skydiving may not be for you." -Our tour guide at Fenway Park in Boston, MA.

Right click on the desktop, click Properties > Screensaver tab > Power

That was the first place I tried. Nothing. It doesn't even list standby as a power option on the shut down menu. I made a little mistake - this problem is on my Compaq Presario with Windows 2000, although I am also having a standby problem on my Acer Extensa 501DX with Win98SE: Because of the "I wonder if this really works like it says it does" attitude that I have, I went into the Acer Notebook Manager and disabled the "Standby when LCD is closed" option, to find out that it did really work. I enabled it again, but now it still won't standby when I close the LCD. It will standby when you choose it in the Shut Down dialog box or when a timer is set for it to standby. Can anybody help me get standby back when I close the LCD, as well? Thanks, -Trent "If at first you don't succeed, skydiving may not be for you." -Our tour guide at Fenway Park in Boston, MA.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188134

Thanks for the link, jam, but it didn't help either computer. The Compaq doesn't show "Advanced Power Management Support" in System Devices, and it didn't detect it when I ran the Add New Hardware Wizard. I uninstalled it on the Extensa, and Windows sucessfully reinstalled it after a restart, but it still doesn't go into Standby when the LCD is closed. "If at first you don't succeed, skydiving may not be for you." -Our tour guide at Fenway Park in Boston, MA.

What about step 11 in that link?

No good. I assume it's just for the Compaq, since the Extensa does have Standby in the shut down menu. As for the Compaq, Windows 2000 doesn't even have a VPOWERD directory in the VXD directory. That article applies to Windows 98/ME, though. "If at first you don't succeed, skydiving may not be for you." -Our tour guide at Fenway Park in Boston, MA.