For some reason when the computer comes out of hibernation it shuts down. It only does it when I don't do anything with the computer immediately after it goes to the desktop. I would guess like 5 minutes of sitting there it just shuts down while I'm not looking. When I turn it back on, it still starts up in the same state it was when it went into hibernation. What could be the problem?

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That is by design. When XP comes out of hibernation, XP expectsthere to be a reason it came out of hibernation. If XP comes out of hibernation and finds nothing to do it will resume hibernation by itself in 300 seconds (5 minutes).This feature is built in case your system comes out of hibernation from some external event like a network event, etc. and you don't want it to, it will resume hibernation automatically.If you move the mouse, press the any key on the keyboard, etc. that counts as doing something, so XP knows you are there and it will not automatically resume hibernation.Is that what you are seeing or are you trying to do something and hibernation kicks in while you are busy?You can read a little about the XP feature here:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318355If you don't like the way it works, I only know of a workaround that involves hibernating your system from a desktop shortcut or batch file, and then using a third party application so that when XP comes out of hibernation, a mouse movement is simulated which is enough to satisfy XP into thinking some human being moved the mouse and it will not rehibernate. I can tell you one way to do it if you are interested... after understanding that there is really nothing wrong. Do, or do not. There is no try.I decided to save up points for a new puppy instead of a pony!

That is by design. When XP comes out of hibernation, XP expects there to be a reason it came out of hibernation. If XP comes out of hibernation and finds nothing "to do" it will resume hibernation by itself in 300 seconds (5 minutes).This feature is built in case your system comes out of hibernation from some external event like a network event, etc. and you don't want it to, it will resume hibernation automatically.If you move the mouse, press the any key on the keyboard, etc. that counts as doing something, so XP knows you are there and it will not automatically resume hibernation.Is that what you are seeing or are you trying to do something and hibernation kicks in while you are busy?You can read a little about the XP feature here:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318355If you don't like the way it works, I only know of a workaround that involves hibernating your system from a desktop shortcut or batch file, and then using a third party application so that when XP comes out of hibernation, a mouse movement is simulated which is enough to satisfy XP into thinking some human being moved the mouse and it will not rehibernate. I can tell you one way to do it if you are interested... after understanding that there is really nothing wrong. Do, or do not. There is no try.I decided to save up points for a new puppy instead of a pony!

OK. That makes perfect sense, even though I hate having to turn on the computer again because it takes so long to resume. Is there a way to turn this feature off?

Yeah - that thing fooled me for a little while too.I'll have to look at it some more - I looked once and didn't come up with anything except this shortcut method that runs a batch file.The first line of the batch file does the hibernate, then when XP comes out of hibernation, it picks up where it left off in the batch file and that line uses a command to simulates a mouse movement. It looks quite normal and then you can keep the shortcut on your desktop or move it to the Quick Launch area and then you just single click it to invoke hibernation (you will have to retrain yourself!).I used to hibernate all the time, but built a new system and it takes too long to hibernate (I need everything to work instantly).After I got my new system dialed in the way I wanted, it now takes less time to cold boot than it does to come out of hibernation, so I don't hibernate at all any more.How much RAM do you have and what kind of hard disks (IDE, SATA, etc.)? I am of the impression that the more RAM you have the worse it gets since all that stuff has to be written out to the c:\hiberfil.sys file and then it all has to be reloaded when you power up. Moe RAM = slower hibernation (this is my theory).I will make some instructions for the batch file method - it is just random notes at the moment... It works pretty good though and I have shared it a lot.Do, or do not. There is no try.I decided to save up points for a new puppy instead of a pony!

I have a 2gb ddr2 800MHz ram and a 160gb SATA hdd. I thought it wouldn't have to take so long to resume with fast PNY ram and a good Seagate SATA hdd. It takes about 3 minutes to resume. I built my computer 6 months ago, so the parts are still pretty new.

Give this a whirl...I found with my 4GB and SATA drives, coming out of hibernation takes 75.03 seconds, and a cold boot only take me 28.03 seconds, hence, I don't hibernate any more. On some old system with IDE drices, I used to hibernate all the time... I never bothered to figure it out.You can use a batch file to put your system into Hibernation, then when the system comes out of hibernation, it will resume the next commands in the batch file.The next commands in the batch file will use a third party program called nircmd.exe to simulate a mouse movement and that will fool XP into thinking that somebody moved the mouse and the system will not resume hibernation after the 5 minute timer.To simulate a mouse movement as soon as your system comes out of Hibernation, you will need to download the nircmd.exe file.There are lots of other good utilities from the NirSoft main page:http://www.nirsoft.net/To simulate the mouse movement, download the nircmd.exe file from herehttp://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd2.htmlPut the nircmd.exe file in a folder that is somewhere in your path (c:\windows\system32, etc.) or refer to the path directly in your batch file. I put the nircmd.exe file in my c:\tools folder where I keep other things.If you don't have Hibernate enabled in your Power Options, Hibernate tab, this will put your system in Stand By instead of Hibernation.Create a batch file (I called mine hibernate.bat) and put these line in your hibernate.bat file:@echo offc:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Hibernatec:\tools\nircmd.exe movecursor 10 10 c:\tools\nircmd.exe movecursor -10 -10The first command will put the system into Hibernation and then when XP comes out of hibernation, the next commands in the batch file will run.Save the new hibernate.bat file to your desktop or someplace you can remember and double click it to run the batch file. When you are sure it is working okay, drag the new desktop icon down to your Quick Launch area (just to the right of your Start button), change the icon, rename it, etc so it looks a little better and then you can just single click the new Quick Launch icon to invoke the hibernate.bat file. Do, or do not. There is no try.I decided to save up points for a new puppy instead of a pony!