Standby mode + Windows 2000

[sarah]

Hey People!

I have a Win2K machine at home, its has been formatted and new installation of Win2K has been installed. After installation was completed, I logged onto the pc and noticed I have an option in the start menu (or when I press Ctrl + Alt + Del) called 'Standby'. Once or twice I have accidently selected this option and the pc goes into hibernation.

I have tried to take it out of standby mode, pressed all the keys on keyboard one at a time, nothing works. If I hit the power button or reset button, it shuts down the machine and I lose any un-saved work.

I am sure that there is a way of disabling the standby option as the Pc I use at work (also Win2K) doesnt have the standby option. I have asked the IT Admin about this but he wasn't sure why the option was on some machines and not others. Any ideas people?

Thanx in advance

Luv
Sarah

[oracleguy]

The option appears on some computers because those have APM (or something like that, I forget exactly it has to do with advanced power something). Are your keyboard and/or mouse plugged in via USB? If so, that is why they won't bring the system out of stand-by mode.

To change this, go into device manager and bring up the properties of your mouse or keyboard and on one of the tabs there is a checkbox for "allow this device to bring the system out of stand-by"