From: Vincent Poy (vince_at_mail.MCESTATE.COM)
Date: Mon Aug 24 1998 - 12:59:33 EDT
On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, John Kim wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, Vincent Poy wrote:
> > On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, Lee Hetherington wrote:
> >
> > > I don't believe that you can get the Suspend icon to show on the Start
> > > menu. For one, "suspend" is now called "standby" in Win98. Go figure.
> > > The way to suspend is to select shutdown and choose standby.
> >
> > Interesting, I tried standby but how do I resume?
>
> Try escape - that worked on a friend's desktop system with
> suspend feature. If that doesn't work, try the Fn key.
Hmmm, I'll try the escape but what key do I hit with Fn?
> Leave it to Microsoft to redefine words so they contradict their
> original meaning. Standby normally refers to shutting off the
> screen and spinning down the hard drive. Suspend shuts down
> everything except system memory. Win95 on my 701 gives me the
> option to "suspend" when I shutdown. Why'd they rename it?
No idea...
Cheers,
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