I have windows 98SE and I'm having some problems getting into standby.

When I set a screensaver such as the good old "flying windows" and then maybe 10 minutes after I set system standby be executed, it never happens. I let the computer sit around for an hour and it never goes into standby.

When I don't have a screensaver set and i set the standby to start in 10 minutes, it does exactly after 10 minutes. So why isn't it going on standby when i have a screensaver?

I tried having a screensaver and after that having "turn off monitor" and after that "turn off hard drives" and all that happens is the "monitor option" But the hard disks never turn off. I even set the hard disk to turn off without having a screen saver but that doesn't work either...

The only thing that worked so far is standby without screen saver.

Also - my bios has some options:

ACPI aware O/S - NO (what is acpi? should i have it on YES?)
Power management under AC - OFF
POWER saving level - OFF

I don't think i need to have powermanagement setting from bios. But I've tried turning them on... didn't help a bit.

Thanks everyone

hi m8 i have enclose a site for a free program to make windows shut down
or go into standby mode
have u alter the setting in the power management to allways on and go to
advance and click on when i press the power button pc shuts down
all so i alter the hard drive to never shutdown and all so the monitor
the pc should go into screensaver mode now
this site for the problem is free of charge and u do not have to pay for it
very good program to use


backup2k1(the name u can trust)


http://www.dbpoweramp.net/download.htm


its call shutdown very good program

PMTSHOOT.EXE
Found on the Win 98 CD in \Tools\Mtsutil\Pmtshoot\Pmtshoot.Exe
Or , http://www.aumha.org/freeware.htm

Description of the Power Management Troubleshooter Tool
This article describes the Power Management Trouble Shooter tool
(Pmtshoot.exe). Pmtshoot is a tool to assist you in identifying
the program or device driver that is preventing your computer from
entering a standby (or suspended) state. Pmtshoot monitors your
computer when it suspends, and tries to identify programs or device
drivers that may prevent your computer from suspending.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q185/9/49.asp
(W98 Aug. 4, 2000)