HIBERNATE is not an option under new laptop - help plz ....

Hi guys can anyone help me - my daughter has a new laptop (not brand new but new to her) and it does not have hibernate or standby as an option when shutting down.

Does anyone know how i can sort this for her as full shut down each time takes ages and she uses it a lot for homework etc.

It is an Acer travelmate 290e running win xp if that helps

many thanks in advance

cheers

 

Click Start > then - Turn Off Computer > then - Standby. This should serve the purpose.

 

no, my home pc can do that but thats my point - the new laptop does not have this as an option at all !!!

 

have u checked control panel settings their mite be something in there?

 

Check the Advance Options under Power Options in the control panel. These all are xp os functions.

 

bilbo65.sorry for butting in m8 just trying to give a dig out

 

Hey, no problem. If you can help him out, then great. After all, that the "name of the game" here at AfterDawn.....

 

You need to download display/graphic drivers, http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/notebook/t40/tm_290.html

 

thanks andrew - I agree I think to reinstall drivers but dont know which ones - thanks for that link and is it just the one that says
intel graphics driver version 5.1 ? or will I need others too ??

thanks again

 

That should be the only one you need.

 

Hi again Andrew - Ive downloaded the zipped file from that link now but it wont unzip and just keeps telling me the files are corrupt.

Any other ideas or do you know where I can get them from elsewhere

thanks for all your help I thought I had it in the bag then :-(

 

Have you tried to do a Windows update then selected optional updates sometimes windows include drivers for hardware especially standard Intel hardware.

or try downloading from download.com

 

Try http://rapidshare.de/files/38161780/vga.zip.html If that still doesnt work then open it with Winrar.

Windows Update might also have the files.

 

thanks Andrew u r an absolute star - I managed to unzip the files from the link you provided

now just need to apply the drivers to the laptop and keep everything crossed that it works

I'll let you know how I get on

Thanks again

 

right - just installed the drivers on to laptop and it worked a treat

Thanks so much for everyones help and especially Andrew for saving my stress levels

I owe you one

 

No probs, we're here to help

You might also want to check for any other uninstalled hardware by opening device manager. Open start menu and click "Run" type devmgmt.msc then press enter. Look for any yellow question marks or anything thats having a problem. If theres nothing then all is good, but if there is something then more drivers will be needed to from that Acer site if you want other hardware to work.

I for one had huge problems getting drivers for my Acer laptop, it was sold to me with Vista which it really wasnt quite powerful enough to run, so putting XP PRO on it was a major problem. Dunno if its just Acer or if its all laptops that are like this, but it gets really annoying.