Windows hibernate

Hello Forum,
Should you have Windows Hibernate Enabled or Disabled, What is it used for.
Badcompany.

 

A power saver and a good way in keeping the time it takes to boot up to a minimum whilst saving the state of the machine.
Windows Hibernate

 

Thanks Meriadoc, Will keep Windows hibernate enabled.
BC.

 

The way I read it, hibernate is mainly for laptops to save battery power. I have a desktop and was told Standby is better to use and quicker to recover from. I just tap the mouse to restore the desktop. Try 'em both.

 

Hi twl845,
Thanks for the reply, Just been reading about Windows Hibernate.I think it is for Laptops ( Battery Power.) Will set my desktop to standby.
Badcompany.

 

Never used it because i heard many complaints about this MS utility i.e. it really hibernates that deep to the point not getting out of it.I guess standby is a better option.

 

I only ever enable it to just select systems in which i run a System Multi-Scheduled Shutdown program on them to take full advantage of this Window's feature.

Otherwise it's a paperweight and just takes up space better reserved for real useage even though it's not that much of a hog.

 

Hibernate works day in, day out on both my XP32 and 64, its a time saver, also unless you have added new hardware, saves the load of detecting new hardware every time the PC boots.

 

Hello,

I never use those for several reasons:

1. My machines are always doing something.
2. Causes increased defragmentation.
3. RAM contents are dumped in plain text to hard disk, including passwords.

Mrk