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From: Drora on 16 Feb 2010 23:45 When you click on "Turn off computer" you get a menu with three things: "Stand by" "Turn off" "Restart" My "stand by" option is gone, grayed out. Any one knows how I can restore it? Thanks Drora
From: Jose on 17 Feb 2010 07:00 On Feb 16, 11:45 pm, "Drora" <x...(a)cvfcf.com> wrote: > When you click on "Turn off computer" you get a menu with three things: > > "Stand by" "Turn off" "Restart" > > My "stand by" option is gone, grayed out. > > Any one knows how I can restore it? > > Thanks > Drora Yeah - it could be the drivers but maybe you need some help figuring out how to check the video driver version, what version do you have now, what version do you need and what to do about it. You know... something helpful. Has the Stand By button ever worked? If it used to work, what do you think might have happened since it last worked properly? Please provide additional information about your system: Click Start, Run and in the box enter: msinfo32 Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select All, Copy and then paste the information back here. There will be some personal information (like System Name and User Name), and whatever appears to be private information to you, just delete it from the pasted information. For video driver information, expand the Components, click Display, click Edit, Select All, Copy and then paste the information. This will minimize back and forth Q&A and eliminate guesswork.
From: Jose on 17 Feb 2010 14:58 On Feb 17, 10:10 am, "Drora" <x...(a)cvfcf.com> wrote: > My system is XP PRO + SP3 on a desktop > > The "Stand by" always worked until last night. > > I believe your idea of bad video drivers is the problem as I was trying to > upgrade an INTEL camera software that needed a patch from their site to > bring up to par. > Installing it was one big trouble as it was a very renegade program with > many strange demands but I could no longer going back. > > Maybe I should do a "Restore point" every day but the last one I did was > over a month ago and if I go back there now I lose a ton of stuff. Maybe > this is what in the end I will have to do if there is no shorter way for > that. > > BTW: Do "Restore points" stay forever on the machine ? and how much space do > they take? > Drora > > "glee" <gle...(a)spamindspring.com> wrote in message > > news:e%23f3vE5rKHA.3968(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > > > > The most common reason for the Stand By button being disabled is not > > having the correct video drivers installed on your computer. Using > > generic "native" drivers supplied by Windows is not good enough. You need > > to have the proper drivers from the display adapter manufacturer or from > > the computer manufacturer. > > > If it's a laptop, the computer maker is often your best choice for these > > drivers. > > -- > > Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 > > A+ > >http://dts-l.net/ > > > "Drora" <x...(a)cvfcf.com> wrote in message > >news:eQQFBw4rKHA.6004(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >> When you click on "Turn off computer" you get a menu with three things: > > >> "Stand by" "Turn off" "Restart" > > >> My "stand by" option is gone, grayed out. > > >> Any one knows how I can restore it? > > >> Thanks > >> Drora Maybe? Might? If you had some renegade program, it may be in your Restore Points too, so I would hold them in high suspicion after some attack. XP tries to create a Restore Points every 24 hours if the conditions to do so are correct, but you can sure make one manually. If you look at the calendar in System Restore, what do you see for possible go back kinds of dates? Are those old Restore Points carrying some renegade software? It would seem to make more sense to update your drivers to be current than to try to roll back to some old driver that might work or to use a Restore Point that is full of who knows what. If you roll back or restore and it works, that would fix your immediate problem but your system would be wrong again since it would have old stuff on it. I don't see how rolling back a driver makes sense when we don't know what anything about your system (yet), what drivers you have now or if there even is a new driver for you to install. A bunch of guesswork. Have you ever rolled back a video driver before? Is there a later version driver for your system? Have you ever restored your computer using System Restore? It might work and then maybe you have to install your camera software again and that might break it again. Too many ifs, mights and maybes for me. but it's your computer. I would fix your current issue by moving in a forward direction, not backward, make sure your system is cleaned up from those renegades, make a brand new RP as a baseline when things are working correctly and continue happily after that. If you provide the information I asked for before, you will get the best advice.
From: Jose on 18 Feb 2010 06:37 On Feb 17, 10:28 pm, "Drora" <x...(a)cvfcf.com> wrote: > Hi again > First , thank you for your time and help. I really appreciate it. > > This computer doesn't have a video card. all the sound and video are from > the INTEL motherboard that act as ""The mother of it all""... > That's why (now I understand) I always noticed three lines in the ADD REMOVE > page telling that something by INTEL is installed three times. > I believe now that installing the INTEL camera apparently didn't agree with > those existing drivers so it removed them without asking me. > > The Ati video card I mentioned, now I realize belong to a previous computer > and when I tried to use it, it too refused to install anything. > > How to find the identity of my motherboard without taking the box apart > ,and then go to INTEL and download something from them ? > Thanks > Drora > > "glee" <gle...(a)spamindspring.com> wrote in message > > news:e2GCkFEsKHA.3908(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > > > > When you open System Restore from Start Menu> Accessories> System Tools> > > System Restore, and select the option to Restore My Computer To An Earlier > > Time, and click Next, a calendar shows on the page, and all restore points > > are listed for days where they exist...those days are marked in BOLD > > numbers. > > > If you don't see any for this month, there are none for this month. What > > do you see there? > > > If you do not have any recent restore points, it is better to determine > > what display adapter you have, and find the correct drivers for it. > > > You say you have an ATi disc...did it come with the computer or with the > > video card that is currently installed? What does it say on it? > > > In Device Manager, you say you have big yellow question marks instead of a > > display adapter. What are those question marks labeled? Are they in a > > category named Other or Unknown? > > > We need to determine if the ATi disc is for the adapter in your computer > > or not. > > > Go here and download System Information for Windows (SIW): > >http://www.gtopala.com/ > > Here is a direct link to the installer: > >http://www.gtopala.com/download/siw-setup.exe > > or you can download a standalone version without an installer, save it to > > your hard drive, put it in a folder manually and run it: > >http://www.gtopala.com/download/siw.exe > > > Once you have SIW running, in the left-hand pane, expand the Hardware > > section then select the Video, and in the right side see what it lists for > > "Display Adapter" and Video Processor". > > Also under Hardware, select "PCI" on the left, and see if it lists > > anything on the right for VGA Controller or for the "unknown" device you > > see. > > > That's enough for now...post back with what you find re: your restore > > points and what SIW shows. > > -- > > Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 > > A+ > >http://dts-l.net/ > > > "Drora" <x...(a)cvfcf.com> wrote in message > >news:%238aBCRDsKHA.4284(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >> Glen you don't know how right you are ! > >> I went to Device manager and there is no DISPLAY ADAPTER at all. There > >> are big yellow question marks > >> I double clicked it and went through each option but can't find the > >> driver. > >> I have both WINDOW XP disk and the ATI video disk. I inserted them both > >> but the system keep saying it find nothing to install. > >> I believed that at least in the windows disk should be something but no > >> joy there. > > >> I remember in the past, anytime I visited the ADD REMOVE page I used to > >> see three lines by INTEL drivers I never knew what they were. > >> Now probably the INTEL Camera removed them because they are not there. > > >> Tell me this about "RESTORE" > >> 1)Does it do its own points even if it is not marked there? > >> 2) For how long those restore points remain valid or active? > >> The entire problem started yesterday as just yesterday 16/2/2010 I tried > >> to install the Intel Camera. > >> If I do a restore now, will it do it? > > >> Thanks you > >> Drora > > >> "glee" <gle...(a)spamindspring.com> wrote in message > >>news:OcKJRh$rKHA.4752(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >>> You should have more restore points than just one from a month ago. The > >>> system creates restore points regularly....unless you turned off system > >>> restore, which is not a wise thing to do on the system drive. > > >>> You might only need to roll back the driver, however, but only if you > >>> had updated the display driver. You can find out by opening Device > >>> Manager, expand the Display Adapter category, then double-click the > >>> listed display adapter (which should be listed by manufacturer > >>> name...ATi, nVidia, etc... if it is the right driver) to open its > >>> properties. Click the Driver tab and you will see a Roll Back Driver > >>> button. If there is a previous driver available, it will roll back.. > > >>> Alternatively and possibly safer, you can go to Device Manager and see > >>> what adapter you have, then go to the manufacturer's web site and > >>> download the appropriate driver installer for the adapter, and run it.. > > >>> I am wondering though, if this happened after installing the camera > >>> update, what exactly happened. > > >>> Obviously, the easiest thing would be to restore to the day before the > >>> issue arose, and try installing the camera update again after that. > >>> -- > >>> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 > >>> A+ > >>>http://dts-l.net/ > > >>> "Drora" <x...(a)cvfcf.com> wrote in message > >>>news:eG1bjN%23rKHA.5036(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > >>>> My system is XP PRO + SP3 on a desktop > > >>>> The "Stand by" always worked until last night. > > >>>> I believe your idea of bad video drivers is the problem as I was > >>>> trying to upgrade an INTEL camera software that needed a patch from > >>>> their site to bring up to par. > >>>> Installing it was one big trouble as it was a very renegade program > >>>> with many strange demands but I could no longer going back. > > >>>> Maybe I should do a "Restore point" every day but the last one I did > >>>> was over a month ago and if I go back there now I lose a ton of stuff. > >>>> Maybe this is what in the end I will have to do if there is no shorter > >>>> way for that. > > >>>> BTW: Do "Restore points" stay forever on the machine ? and how much > >>>> space do they take? > >>>> Drora > > >>>> "glee" <gle...(a)spamindspring.com> wrote in message > >>>>news:e%23f3vE5rKHA.3968(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > >>>>> The most common reason for the Stand By button being disabled is not > >>>>> having the correct video drivers installed on your computer. Using > >>>>> generic "native" drivers supplied by Windows is not good enough. You > >>>>> need to have the proper drivers from the display adapter manufacturer > >>>>> or from the computer manufacturer. > > >>>>> If it's a laptop, the computer maker is often your best choice for > >>>>> these drivers. > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 > >>>>> A+ > >>>>>http://dts-l.net/ > > >>>>> "Drora" <x...(a)cvfcf.com> wrote in message > >>>>>news:eQQFBw4rKHA.6004(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >>>>>> When you click on "Turn off computer" you get a menu with three > >>>>>> things: > > >>>>>> "Stand by" "Turn off" "Restart" > > >>>>>> My "stand by" option is gone, grayed out. > > >>>>>> Any one knows how I can restore it? > > >>>>>> Thanks > >>>>>> Drora Here is how you find out without downloading any third party software. You have everything you need to gather the information already - manufacturer, motherboard, versions, video information, etc. - and you would have been on your way by now. Click Start, Run and in the box enter: msinfo32 Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select All, Copy and then paste the information back here. There will be some personal information (like System Name and User Name), and whatever appears to be private information to you, just delete it from the pasted information. For video driver information, expand the Components, click Display, click Edit, Select All, Copy and then paste the information. This will minimize back and forth Q&A and eliminate guesswork.
From: glee on 18 Feb 2010 08:39
"Jose" <jose_ease(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:40e5203e-31b7-4f57-8683-21e11e59d8b1(a)w31g2000yqk.googlegroups.com... > >Here is how you find out without downloading any third party >software. You have everything you need to gather the information >already - manufacturer, motherboard, versions, video information, etc. >- and you would have been on your way by now. > >Click Start, Run and in the box enter: > >msinfo32 > >Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select >All, Copy and then paste the information back here. > >There will be some personal information (like System Name and User >Name), and whatever appears to be private information to you, just >delete it from the pasted information. > >For video driver information, expand the Components, click Display, >click Edit, Select All, Copy and then paste the information. > >This will minimize back and forth Q&A and eliminate guesswork. That's not entirely correct. System Information (msinfo32) will NOT give any information regarding the motherboard make and model or chipset. The display information *may* show the installed hardware, but only if the correct drivers are installed. If no drivers are installed, msinfo32 may not show any pertinent info to correctly identify the display adapter. Installing a simple utility like SIW is what will eliminate the guesswork and minimize the need for more Q&A. Certainly, running msinfo32 may supplement the needed information, and is a good suggestion for an *additional* scan, but it will not give all the required information. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 A+ http://dts-l.net/ |