The most commonly offered resolution to a non-available hibernate mode is to run “powercfg /hibernate on” at an administrative command prompt (to start it: Click “Start”, type “command” in the Start Search box, right-click “Command Prompt” in the Programs list, and then click “Run as administrator”).
Complicated – and not the right solution for most people.
I found out that it frequently has to do with the new “Hybrid Sleep” function in Vista. When this is enabled, hibernate is disabled. Since I don’t care for “Hybrid Sleep”, but rather prefer “Hibernate”, I changed it to allow hibernation as follows: Continue reading “Hibernate On A Vista Laptop Not Available”
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