tamanaco;214160 Wrote: > I also looked at around for a plugin to put a PC running Windows to > sleep and all I found were plugins to shutdown or hibernate. > > kdf, maybe I missed it, but if you know of a plugin to put a Windows PC > to sleep (stand-by), let us know.
This is trickier than you'd expect. If you look around the web you'll find articles/threads like this one: http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/archive/index.php/t-52859.html that state that the following command will put a PC into standby: rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0 However, when I try it on my PC it hibernates rather than going into standby. There is an article on Microsoft's site that seems to explain this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555569 This says that the behaviour of this command depends on whether or not hibernation is enabled on your PC ie if hibernate is enabled then the command will hibernate your PC else it will put it into standby. I've have confirmed that my Windows Shutdown plugin behaves consistently with this ie if you disable hibernation then if you choose the Suspend PC option my PC goes into Standby. This is why I called the command 'Suspend'. I prefer hibernation (as it saves more power and isn't vulnerable to power outages) and the startup time is only a few seconds. I think the confusion arises because if you call SetSuspendState from within a program written in C++ etc then there are parameters available that let you choose between hibernation and standby etc. See here for details: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373201.aspx I'm afraid that I don't want to be able to put my PC into Standby badly enough to write a C++ program to do the job. Nothing stopping you though :-) -- Flipze ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flipze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31035 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
