Serville2002

Does hibernation in XP depend on ACPI ? Can it work without ACPI enabled ? As far as I understand, unlike Standby (S3), hibernation does not have compatibility issue with video driver, because everything is simply saved to hd, and restored to the original memory location when powered on. So,it doesn't need any special feature in the video driver for it to work correctly. Correct me if I'm wrong. The reason I ask is because my friend's BX board with Banshee AGP doesn't wake up after hibernation. The video driver is original XP. Fyi, ACPI is turned off in this system, but APM is turned on in Bios. So unless the Banshee driver from Microsoft is not compatible for hibernation (unlikely), the only culprit I suspect is ACPI disabled. Other than that, I can't understand why it fails.

Yeah, it seems hibernation is dependant on ACPI as well. At least some people seems to agree. Maybe that's the reason why it fails with my friend's BX board because I turned it off. Alien, You can turn off the log-in screen after hibernation in ControlPanel/Display/Screensaver/Power/Advanced Uncheck the option "Ask for Password when....."

Using XP Pro, 512MB DDR. Menu Delay set to 0, but somehow I feel the computer is slow displaying the menu or favorites. I know my Favorites are quite complex with possibly 1000 links arranged in a many folders and sub-folders, but it's still too slow compared to Win98SE with the same Favorites structure. Win98SE can display any folder/subfolders and its contents in a snap without delay, but XP seems to suffer a lag when it's about to display a subfolder or its contents, as if they need to be retrieved from harddisk all the time. I admit I've tweaked XP's Services. Could this be caused by some services being disabled ? I've tried to enable all services, but it does not solve the problem. I doubt if this is because of the software modem I use because it also happens even when offline. CPU usage doesn't show a problem either, only around 5-6%. Anyone can give me advice ?

I always turned off fade effects, and all other effects. I'm using pure classic mode. I think it must be something else. Do you guys at least feel this lag when you browse favorites or menu ? Do you feel it any slower compared to Win98SE ?