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On Mon, 13 Oct 97 9:10:27 HST, David Ross wrote: >> disk will suspend and hibernate (hibernate file on FAT C:). Is there >> something >> about Win95 that can cause suspend / hibernate problems? ( I remove any stop >> and remove any PCMCIA comm cards prior to attempting to suspend/) > >Yes, unfortunately; some windows components take a long time to shut down >properly (even just for susoension), and some hardware suspend/hibernate buttons >work too fast for this. Microsoft warns about this ins some docs, and suggests always >suspending from the start button instead of from hardware. > >I've been having problems with my TP560 ever since I installed some new software >(notably the DUN1.2 upgrade). I've had spotty luck hibernating from the function >keys, decent luck using the TP560 'change battery' program (which is really just a >hibernation function), and good luck using 'suspend' from the start menu. > >I'm still on an oldish BIOS revision; I wonder if newer ones would accomodate >the sluggish new MS routines better. > >- David > > I wonder why Microsoft doesn't seem to like users using the hardware suspend and hibernate keys. After all, they were put there for a reason, and all the new ThinkPads come with 95 anyways. Paul