Windows XP Hibernation | How to Put Windows XP on Hibernation | Save Money and Power

Windows XP Hibernation | How to Put Windows XP on Hibernation | Save Money and Power

Windows XP supports hibernation; you can hibernate your computer before you leave in the evening, and the next morning press the power on and state of all the application running when you shut it down will be restored. This is a highly underused feature of Windows XP and can help each one of us save a lot of electrical energy. So if you are leaving in a hurry, use this option and rush to your shuttle.

Given below are the steps to configure a Hibernate option for WINDOWS XP users.

1) Right click on any empty area in your desktop and click New -> Shortcut

2) Paste the following into the text box and click on Next.

rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState

3) Give a suitable name for this shortcut and click Finish.



4) Now you would like to change the icon for this shortcut to be more appropriate.

5) Right click the shortcut -> Properties



6) Now click on Change Icon button and click on Browse. You will be taken to the C:\sysroot\System32 folder.

7) Select the file powrprof.dll as shown



8) You will see an alert as shown below. Click OK.



9) Now you will see a list of icons displayed. Select the power icon or any other icon of your choice as shown.



10) Now you will see the shortcut on your desktop.

All you need to do is that, just double-click this icon before leaving for the day and don’t forget to switch off your monitor. The next day you switch ON your pc, all your work will be restored. Please circulate to spread the awareness. Like we see on the Tesco logo, Every Little Helps!