So you just woke up your PC and one of your USB devices isn’t working as it should? Here’s a half-dozen Microsoft suggestions on how to troubleshoot the problem.
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How to troubleshoot USB device problems that may occur after a computer that is running Windows Vista resumes from sleep or from hibernation
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Windows Vista RTM has had quite a rough ride throughout 2007, with Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Stave Ballmer acknowledging software and hardware incompatibility problems. And while Service Pack 1 is essentially designed to soften all the rough edges of the latest Windows client, Vista SP1 is not without problems of its own. In this regard, Microsoft informed of a glitch in the Configuration Data store on Vista SP1 and Vista RTM which when the user attempts to resume a copy of the operating system from hibernation is instead informed that the platform was shutdown.
“When you wake a computer that is running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) from hibernation, you may receive the following error message: ‘System was shutdown unexpectedly’,” Microsoft explained. “This issue occurs when the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store contains incorrect information for the Resume from Hibernate entry.”
In order to resolve the issue all you have to do is edit the BCD, which features all the boot configuration parameters and has complete control over how an operating system starts. Just enter cmd in the Search box under the Start menu and right click the highlighted result, choosing the Run as administrator option from the contextual menu that pops up. Type “bcdedit -enum all” (without inverted comas) at the command prompt and hit Enter. You now have to identify “Resume from Hibernate” segments and take note of the adjacent identifier.
Next you have to type the following command “bcdedit /deletevalue,” and make sure that you associate the Resume from Hibernate identifier, also adding inherit at the end, just as in the following example: “bcdedit /deletevalue {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} inherit.” Just press Enter and you are done. Vista SP1 will no longer shut down unexpectedly instead of resuming from hibernation.
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Ed offers some advice on how Microsoft should change it's Windows licensing, and they all sound great to me!
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Thinking of going 64-bit? Here's a good read. I'm running 64-bit with 8GB RAM so I can support multiple VMs at the same time.
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An easy to understand explaination of Sleep, Hibernation, and Hybrid Mode.
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Good news for Vista users that run ArcGIS
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Apple added ASLR and stack buffer safety checking to the Vista version of Quicktime to try and reduce the effectiveness of malicious exploits.
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Windows Vista computers that come equipped with more than 4 GB of system memory have limited shut-down options. Essentially, the Hibernate option is no longer available on Vista machines that feature in excess of 4 GB of RAM. This scenario affects both the 32-bit and the 64-bit editions of Vista, but at the same time also Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Microsoft has confirmed that the issue is related to the large quantity of random access memory.
“This issue occurs because hibernation is disabled on computers that have more than 4 GB of RAM. Hibernation requires sufficient disk space to contain the contents of the computer’s memory. Performance is poor on a computer that has more than 4 GB of memory and that has support for hibernation. (more…)
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One of the most frustrating moments of my morning is getting to work and sitting there for 10 minutes while my computer boots up. Most mornings, I can get a cup of coffee and visit coworkers while my computer starts and Outlook, IE, and the other applications I use regularly open. My wait time is even more frustrating when I have an early meeting and need a document, but spend the first half of the meeting waiting for my computer to start.
One way I’ve learned to save time in the morning is to put my PC into hibernation mode in the evening. By putting my PC into hibernation mode, all the applications and documents I had open
will be exactly the same as they were when I left the previous evening. Hibernate saves an image of your desktop with all open files and documents, and then it powers down your computer. (more…)
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