How to Activate “Hibernate” Option on Windows 8

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Windows 8 is the perfect Christmas gift for people you intentionally want to frustrate and that's a fact. I must confess that it's a very big step forward for Microsoft and the live tiles along with other improvements are quite fascinating but a lot of these changes are rather not thought out well. Some simple tasks like shutting down may require a manual for a first-time user and if you don't know much about computers, you may get sick after the first few days of use. For reasons best known to Microsoft (which I can't understand for the life of me), they decided what's best for you is to always put your computer to sleep by hiding the hibernation button from the shut down menu. Must Read: … [Read more...]

Does Hibernation Really Damage Your Computer?

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There are lots of people complaining that they have one or two problems with their notebook due to hibernation and that makes one wonder if hibernation actually damages a computer. As a matter of fact, I hate shutting down my laptop because of the time taken to start up and the time taken to restore my browser tabs which may be up to fifteen at times. Hibernating your computer is a very good way to save your work but people often try to convince me that it's going to damage my motherboard eventually. Is there any truth to this? Is it a practice one should avoid? First, let me try to tell you what happens when your system goes into hibernation. What most people do not know is that when you … [Read more...]

“Hibernate” Feature Missing on Windows XP?

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My Sony Vaio laptop recently crashed due to a defect in its Nvidia Geoforce 8400 video card and I had to use a friend's computer for a while, a pentium 4 computer with Windows XP Professional Edition running on it. I haven't been using this operating for quite a long time now and going back to Windows XP from Windows 7 was a bit boring, but I had to get used to it. I was busy doing some stuff on this computer, got a call and had to go out. The most sensible thing to do is to hibernate, right? I hit the Shut Down button but couldn't find "hibernate". I asked him why he never activated hibernation and he flatly told me Windows XP doesn't support hibernation! I looked at him in … [Read more...]