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Windows XP and Vista both have the capability to 'Hibernate' when you don't
need your PC and this is really, really good news for you and the environment
because while in hibernation your PC uses very, very little power and,
if you really want to you can switch it off completely - Laptop users don't
even need to do that last action.
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The option of hibernation can be made available by going into 'Control Panel'
and then choosing 'Power options' and there is a 'Hibernation Tab' which needs
to have the check box enabled.
The easiest way to make this quickly available is to go to the 'Advanced Tab'
and where the prompt says 'When I press the power button...' you should select
'Ask me what to do'.
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The only usability issue that is so irritating is that on XP when you get
the prompt asking about 'what to do' - Turn Off, Restart or Standby there isn't
a fourth option saying Hibernate even though pressing the 'H' key does hibernate
from that prompt.
If you REALLY want to see Hibernate as an option you have to hold down
the Shift key (when prompted 'what to do')
and you will see 'Standby' change to 'Hibernate'.
Pressing H will also then hibernate.
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