Keyboard help

[nymph4]

I have a Keyboard with a Key on it that when I push it my computer would go into Stand By.

Now the Button does not work  and the Keyboard never came with any Drivers it just worked with win xp.

And it is Watter Poof.

I did go into the Keyboard properties in Controle Pannel and I saw nothing for Keyboard shortcut Buttons.

[ChrisXPPro]

Who's keyboard is it?  A special or regular 104?

Please mention where that key is or - even better post a pic of where it lives.  Not that this will lead to a solution necessarily!

[nymph4]

It is a 104 Key Keyboard  and under it it say  HTK 1001

I had it for a fue years and just pluged it in and just used it and I have been using it for a long time.

What are the Keyboards called that you can have them and the mouse on the same tray side by side??

All the Keyboards I come across are very big and wide.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Do you mean something like this?
http://www.networkingaudiovideo.com/pictures/Brando%20Keyboard%20Touchpad%20GI.jpg

The button you press, it is called Sleep?

[nymph4]

The Button I did use to put my computer in Sleep or Stand By had a Picture of a Half Moon.

Is that Sleep and why does it not work now??

[Calum]

Go to start - run - type in services.msc and press Enter.
Find HID Input Service, and make sure it is set to Automatic, also start it if it's not already started.
Also, go to Control Panel - Power options - Advanced, and check the settings there.
This is assuming you're on XP.

[nymph4]

The one that worked for me was when I when into controle Pannel and whent into Power Options then Advanced.

There was a Dropdown list for that says??
What do you want to do when you press the SLEEP Button.
Stand By.
Ask Me.
Shut Down.
Do Nothing.

So I picked Stand By thanks..
But why does it not have an option that says SLEEP in the list

[Calum]

Stand By is the same as Sleep.

[nymph4]

Well the only thing I found on the NET about Sleep Mode and Stand By is??

One of them will save you work to Hard Disk untill you come back and then it will put it back on screen.

But what one??

[reddevilggg]

This is really for laptops so they can save power on the battery.

The only thing that I can suggest is to save your work, then turn the PC off. Then, to access your work boot up the PC and open your work. Especially overnight.

This will save you using electricity from your AC outlet.

'Hibernate'  is the mode you are looking for, which is a low-power state but will still use AC power.

[nymph4]

Hibarnate was not in the dropdown list?

But I do know you can have your computer go into Hibernate Mode after so long.

So what is the diferance from Stand By and Hibernate??

[Dusty]

So what is the diferance from Stand By and Hibernate??

How many times will you ask the same questions?  This was covered in the link posted in reply to your query here.. from which the following quotes are extracted:

Standby Mode
This mode is only available in Windows XP. Standby Mode shuts down all but the essential components of the computer......

Hibernate Mode
This mode is available on Windows XP and Windows Vista. Hibernate mode basically saves a snapshot of everything happening on your computer, and then it shuts completely off......

Sleep Mode
Available in Windows Vista. Sleep mode is a hybrid between the above mentioned Standby mode and Hibernate mode......

There's a lot more info on that link...

[reddevilggg]

Nuff said!!

[nymph4]

I found some information about Hibernate and Standby Mode.

Standby Mode will turn off power to Hard Drives CD ROM Drives the Monitor  Fans and anything that will take a lot of power I get this.

Hibernate does the same thing but it Writes a Hibernnate File to your Hard Drive. So when it comes back up you have all your Unsaved work still there.

Some things I don't get?

If Satndby and Hibernate both turn off power to Drives and Monitor and Fans and to RAM  what about the other Chips lick the CPU is that still getting power and if so does it not need the Fan on to keep it cool?

And Hibernate is only on computers that are ACPI Campatible  what is that??

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Stand By turns everything off except the RAM where all the information about the current Windows Session is stored.

Hibernation saves the session to the Hard Drive and completely powers down.
(this is why it says you need 700mb free space for Hibernation)