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Comment from arron on 2010-07-18

2010-07-19T00:09:58Z

please tell me if there is software that will make my computer make a sound when it wakes up from stand by.

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Comment from Snail on 2008-07-15

2008-07-16T02:14:44Z

Oh, furthermore. If you already have spyware, you might be just as susceptible to its effects in standby mode as when the computer is "active."

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Comment from Snail on 2008-07-15

2008-07-16T02:13:20Z

many things can be adjusted to leave standby mode
Under Device Manager the power settings of each item(though perhaps not every one) let you change whether the device should do this or not.
I believe that hibernation is not enabled by default. If your laptop is on battery and in standby but approaches the low point, what happens when hibernation has not been enabled?
With hibernation: The data which is written to the HDD, how do you delete/manage this? Can you, say, have Tuesdays's grind(a compilation of open work) saved and loaded on demand? Were this possible, would the files reflect updated content or time of save access?
I am wondering about TRUE standards of energy efficiency. Many hardware stats cite "on Vista"... this concerns me since Vista is in troublesome status with my "rule of efficiency"(get work done the quickest and shut off completely when not working. When in between be able to respond quickly -- which goes back to getting work done quickly). Vista has so many crashes yet on default: Hard Disks, Monitor, et cetera go off after about 10 minutes and/or the system goes into standby/hibernates. If the system is OFF/peripherals are OFF, you are not utilizing them...thus NO work is accomplished..it is better to turn off the device(if possible) My point: What is the true efficiency of the hardware? Better yet, what to look for in comparing hardware?

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Comment from Richard Woodfield on 2008-07-15

2008-07-15T21:23:10Z

My computer wakes up when I have put it on hibernate!! What could cause that?

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Comment from Carl R. Goodwin on 2008-07-15

2008-07-15T16:42:17Z

I stopped using Yahoo software a year ago, and noticed a HUGE drop in Spyware on my machine (I run checks every week with 3 different programs). It still surprises me why Yahoo is still so popular, when it is so very intrusive?

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Comment from peter on 2008-07-14

2008-07-14T18:50:09Z

I think you want to say leo that in standby mode there is no really activity on your laptop and you are totally safe besides you turned on your firewall and your antivirus or anti spyware , the really danger if there is any hidden activity on your laptop.

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