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Is unplugging the power from a PC in standby or in normal mode bad for it?
Started by amouniverso on
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Unplugging the computer, while in standby mode from unplugging....
Standby on a computer is a mode where the state holds memory as long as it has powered applied to it.
Unplugging a computer at random times is never a good idea .
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Under Windows, is there a way to determine programmatically if the primary monitor is in standby mode or not?
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Codeproject
There might be a way to send a message and get a reply on the state of... .
Here is an article on how to manipulate the monitor .
I dont exactly how to do it , but i remember there is a windows message for when the power management has changed. .
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I shutdown my PC by "standby mode" button instead "poweroff" button at windows xp. Thus all the coolers are disabled. Then I unplug and plug PC and turn on it. (The standby mode is broken)
This method takes much less time than the usual way. Is it right...
Started by amouniverso on
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You don....
Standby mode is fine, just remember to always save your work.
Standby mode puts your PC in a very low power state, just enough to keep the RAM and some other this if you left some applications open with unsaved data.
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Hello,
I'd like to check if the system is in standby mode, is there any Win32 API for that? I'm not sure if it's the same as the sleep mode.
There's some code that gets executed in my app, which causes it to hang when coming out of standby (it's executed...
Started by dennisV on
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The bug in your code might be caused:
int is_in_standby....
Besides the RAM everything is off.
When the system is in standby mode, then no program will be running, so the following would be ok during Windows's Standby mode.
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I have a simple Windows Mobile application which records GPS coordinates every 5 minutes. The problem is the app works fine as long as the screen is on, as soon as the phone goes in standby mode the app stops working. When I switch on the device the app...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Code on Windows Mobile while being suspended? It uses the "unattended" mode to keep the application.
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I'm using BitTorrent for downloading whenever I don't use my laptop.
Can I have downloading from the Internet when my laptop is in Standby Mode or something to cutback electricity using ?
P.S:
I'm Using Windows 7.
Started by Mohammad on
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Note that the application you suggested clients do include a setting which allows your... .
When the computer is in standby mode it is off, except for the memory being (such as auto-monitor standby after a period of time).
No, you can't.
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Does anyone know if there's a T-SQL way to place a SQL Server database into standby read-only mode like you can with the STANDBY clause of BACKUP DATABASE, only without doing a BACKUP DATABASE?
Background: I have a home-made log shipping setup on SQL ...
Started by David Wimbush on
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READ_WRITE
when you want to revert?
No there isn't a way to put a database into stand-by mode.
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How can we check if the iphone has gone into a standby mode and returns from that mode programmaticlly? I am using this to force it not to sleep during the game:
application.idleTimerDisabled = YES;
But if the user uses the sleep button it messes up with...
Started by Frank on
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In your applicationDelegate you can implement the
- (void)applicationWillResignActive:(UIApplication....
Your application will be told that the device is locking .
The app delegate will get a applicationWillResignActive: message before the device goes to sleep .
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I just installed Server 2008 R2, and don't see an option to go into Standby or hibernate. Is there some way to enable or access these?
Currently the only options appear o be shut-down or restart.
Started by LuftMensch on
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With the HyperV role installed you cannot standby/hibernate and there is no way around this (that I have-server environment
Just running up vanilla install to confirm about hibernate/standby for a server.
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I would like my computer to do specific tasks periodically or at a specific time.
Such as:
to wake up each 15 minutes, connect to the Internet, check e-mail, beep (if there is unread mail), then go standby again
to wake up at 8 am and play music
In the...
Started by modosansreves on
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Other alternatives require some more hardware support - like for example the Wake-On-Lan feature... .
CancelWaitableTimer More info for example here.
WakeUpOnStandBy (Windows)
CreateWaitableTimer SetWaitableTimer SetSuspendState to enter the suspended state .
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