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Amen!
(Oh wait! That's what they say at the end of a sermon, isn't it? <gd&rvvf>)
;-)
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Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
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"Gary S. Terhune" <grystnews@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> It's not a matter of not liking Standby, it's a matter of, "If it works,
> fine. If it doesn't, it's Pure Hell to fix."
>
> There are too many players in the Standby scheme, and too many places
> where it can get screwed up. Your post suggests that you think it's a
> simple little program that's amenable to reinstalling or repairing. It
> isn't anything of the sort. It's a major-league coordinated dance in
> which all the dancers have to play their part perfectly, and which can
> quickly go from being an elegant ballet to being more reminiscent of a
> mosh pit, just because one shoe on one dancer is tied wrong. Long hours
> of trouble-shooting can go into isolating the probable cause, and then
> it's usually a case of having to give up something else you don't want
> to give up. And even if you figure it all out--it may still not work,
> just out of general orneriness. Heck, it could be as simple as your
> hardware aging.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS MVP Shell/User
>
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
>
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
>
> "Leo" <Leo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:55A90AD8-271E-47C5-B8B1-5F088FF44E17@microsoft.com...
> > Just recently the "Standby" will not operate on my Wndos 98SE. The
> monitor
> > will go on standby, and goes dark, but the computer will not. I then
> have
> > to reboot the computer to start it.
> > Where is the folder and what file controls "standby"? or what and
> where is
> > the program line.
> > I can replace it.
> > And before those of you who do not like "standby" try to tell me it is
> not
> > worth the trouble, I LIKE IT, so save your time.
>
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