Vista - How to add "Hibernation" to the Start menu in my Windows Vista Ultimate x64?

Hello!
How to add "Hibernation" to the Start menu in my Windows Vista Ultimate x64?
The computer goes to the Hibernation after pushing the power button on the
system case but the power light stays lit for 3 minutes.
Best regards,
Dima

Why do you need it at the start menu?

You go to Control Panel>>System And Maintenance>>Power Options>>System
Settings.

There is an option there Power and sleep settings
"When I press the power button" - do something (comboBox)
"When I press the Sleep button" - comboBox with choices: Nothing, Sleep,
Hibernate.

I do not have the sleep button on this machine. Cannot check how it works. I
may have on one of my office computers.

The start menu options do not seem to have what you want either.

"Dima" <kopn@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks AlexB for directions!
I was told that the Hibernate option should be in the Start menu after the
arrow on the right. I do not have the Hibernate there. My keyboard does not
have a Power and sleep buttons. The "Ask me what to do" is not in the "When
I press the power button" option, as it is in Windows XP. How to get the
"Ask me what to do" for "When I press the power button" option in Windows
Vista?
Why does my power light on the system case stays lit for 3 minutes after
Hibernating?
Best regards,
Dima
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Hi Dima,

This will show you how to change the function on the Start menu and Case power button to either Shutdown, Sleep, or Hibernate.

Power Button


This will show you how to create a Hibernate shortcut that you can place anywhere you want.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/74022-hibernate.html


You can also change your Power Plan settings so that the computer will be set to Hibernate instead of Sleep. See STEP TWO step 6D.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/63...-problems.html

Hope this helps you,
Shawn

The computer is saving the memory contents in thehiberfil file.

Three seconds means that you do not have several gigabytes of memory.
It hen can take longer.

Thanks cqui3 for replying!
Not three seconds, but minutes. There are 250 gb of free space on disk c:.
At the end of the "Hibernation" the power button stays blinking. My monitor
turns off from the beginning of the Hibernation and does not show the
Hibernation progress, as it does in Windows XP.
Best regard,
Dima
"cqui3" <cqui3@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Shawn for suggestions!
C:\Users\d>powercfg -a
The following sleep states are available on this system: Standby ( S1 S3 )
Hiber
nate Hybrid Sleep
The following sleep states are not available on this system:
Standby (S2)
The system firmware does not support this standby state.
Why does not my computer Hibernate?
Best regards,
Dima
"brink" <brink.33dfx4@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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Dima,

Download the Hibernate shortcut and see if that puts your computer into hibernation. If not, then see the "How to Restore the Hibernation File in Vista" section at the post below the tutorial here:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/63...-problems.html

Shawn

Thanks Shawn for your help!
The Hibernate shortcut does not put my computer into hibernation completely,
as the other means of sending to the Hibernation. The Hibernation process
stops after a minute, and the power light stays lit. Then, additional push
of the power button invokes the Hibernation process again, and the computer
Hibernates in a minute.
I have already run powercfg -h on several times. It did not help.
Best regards,
Dima
"brink" <brink.33eji2@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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Dima,

It sounds like you may have something running that is not letting your computer go into hibernation until it finishes, or until you click on the hibernate button again to force the program to close. I would check to make sure that everything is closed before clicking hibernate to speed things along.

Shawn