And what is does the Run line of each look like? I have seen "system32\rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState" for hibernate but others say it is for sleep.
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Thanks for the information. Those sites indicated verified my thinking of the functions. The thing that got me doubting myself is that the run line I mentioned reportedly was to put the computer into sleep, but instead it hibernated. That makes me wonder what the run line looks like for sleep. Any ideas?
rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState from a cmd prompt immediately placed my ssytem in a suspend state. You may want to check the BIOS on the system in question to determine if different S levels are enabled.
hibernate copies your session to the harddisk for safe keeping (removing power doesnt affect it toshiba say hibernate lasts for just over 20 days)
sleep is stored in ram, if you take power away from the laptop you los eeverything. Basically sleep is faster but supposed to be for shorter periods :)
Now I know why the run line is the same for both hibernate and standby.
Which brings me to the next question. In TR, there had been a post about scheduling a task, with the wake up computer option selected, as a way to get a computer active after putting a period of hibernation.
I had scheduled a message pop up to wake the computer. It did not work. Then I put the computer on standby, but still it did not work. Which makes me wonder....
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Sleep vs Hibernate
And what is does the Run line of each look like? I have seen "system32\rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState" for hibernate but others say it is for sleep.