acpi and the str/s3 state

[Gregory Nowak]

Well, this wouldn't be the first thing that windows can't do properly. In fact, that thought did pass through my mind, but I wanted to see what some on this list might say. 

The machine isn't a laptop, but I thought acpi was a pretty cool feature. Maybe I'll just disable standby, and let it run. 
Greg


On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 06:31:43PM -0400, Scott Howell wrote:
> I ain't no expert, but I hear tell that if you leave windows in that
> kinda state, things can get hosed. Windows apparently does not handle
> power management matters as well as they'd like you to believe. Of
> course to inject my two cents worth, why would you want to put the
> machine in this state. Maybe a laptop, but a desktop box suffers no ill
> affects from being left on 24 hours a day, but for fans having a little
> shorter life. I think for all this just turn the machine off all
> together.
> 
> Scott
> 
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