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I am using a Dell E6500 laptop with windows XP on it, it was originally tagged/installed with Windows Vista.

My issue is, when I close the lid, it will not either Hibernate or Standby. If I close the lid with either of these options, I then have to startup from scratch, and anything I had open is not open. I just want to close the lid, have it keep what I have running, not use power util I open the lid again and start it up (with the stuff still open I had open of course).

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I assume you have checked the power settings and the setting is not set to shut down? Is that correct? – Dave M Mar 17 '10 at 21:02
Yes, looked at and tried all kinds of options, bottom line is it locks up and needs to hard boot when opened back up – Mark Schultheiss Mar 18 '10 at 11:49
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Go to the Dell Support site, enter your service tag and download/install the most recent drivers for your machine for Windows XP. Also be sure and do the same for the Bios.

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