Me and my friends would like to go somewhere warm this February. We don't care where, and we would be fine with booking at the last minute. How do we get a great deal? [more inside]
posted by pseudostrabismus on Nov 6, 2008 - 13 answers

How can I make my WinXP PC use less electricity? I'm trying to optimise my desktop PC's use of energy as much as possible. What are some effective ways to do that? [more inside]
posted by Solomon on Jul 19, 2008 - 18 answers

Why does typing (in Word or in a browser) cause my Dell Inspiron 1520 to go into standby mode? This has happened a few times over the past week. It doesn’t happen every session. Mouse clicks do not cause the problem, only typing. This keyboard is part of the laptop, which is less than a year old. It is running Windows XP. Drivers are updated. I’ve reset the power options so that standby should never occur. Any ideas?
posted by Riverine on Jul 15, 2008 - 3 answers

How can I fix my restless computer? (standby/hibernate problems) [more inside]
posted by Ricket on Mar 29, 2008 - 8 answers

Why can't I use power standby mode on my computer anymore? [more inside]
posted by Justinian on Jan 10, 2008 - 10 answers

How do I make my laptop "hibernate" and "sleep" while using Backtrack 2 Final? In other words, what is the command or where would I go to hibernate or put it to sleep?
posted by meta.mark on Dec 28, 2007 - 1 answer

Why does my PC lose the internet and LAN connections when it comes out of S3 standby? [more inside]
posted by Solomon on Dec 10, 2007 - 3 answers

Why does my laptop's wireless network fail to work after resuming from standby, requiring a reboot? [more inside]
posted by sprocket87 on Oct 26, 2007 - 12 answers

Suddenly my Gateway notebook computer won't come out of standby (that is, sleep mode or hibernate mode). [more inside]
posted by bbranden1 on Aug 16, 2007 - 4 answers

Laptopfilter: I'm curious about how CPU usage, noise level, and being able to go to standby/hibernation and shut down properly are related. For a long time (over a year, I think) my HP laptop(running Windows XP) was at 100% CPU usage all the time, ran loudly, and wouldn't go to standby or hibernation or shut down all the way. There's a lot [more inside]
posted by sleeplessunderwater on Jan 31, 2007 - 11 answers

How can I discover how to keep my laptop's hard drive powered down? Hibernating or standby states are unreliable or very slow to wake up from. [more inside]
posted by SamFrancisco on Dec 3, 2006 - 11 answers

How can I have an airline ticket yet not have a seat? [more inside]
posted by baklavabaklava on Sep 17, 2006 - 36 answers

Why doesn't the on button work on hotel TV remotes? [more inside]
posted by hoverboards don't work on water on Apr 16, 2006 - 11 answers

What's the deal with standby? Any mefites have first-hand experience of traveling on the cheap? [more inside]
posted by trinarian on Mar 31, 2006 - 7 answers

I will be in New York City on Sunday for a few hours (from about 10am to 7pm). I would like to attend the 2pm show of Avenue Q. What is the best way for me to get tickets without spending 2-3 hours standing in line at the box office trying to get standby/lottery seats? Is this even possible?
posted by anastasiav on Sep 23, 2005 - 13 answers

I'm planning to take a trip to Russia next summer and have some questions about flying using standby. What sort of discounts do you get? Many more questions inside. [more inside]
posted by lockle on Aug 10, 2005 - 7 answers

Two-part question: My friend is leaving Buenos Aires tommorrow - heading back to the states. How many bottles of wine can he bring with him? Also, another friend is flying standby. Can he only bring carry-on luggage? [more inside]
posted by punkbitch on Aug 5, 2005 - 12 answers

My laptop is getting lazy: it readily goes to sleep, but refuses to wake up again. Help! [more inside]
posted by kickingtheground on Jul 1, 2005 - 7 answers

I've just reformatted and reinstalled Windows XP (SP2) on a laptop. When I go to turn it off, the "standby" button is greyed out and not an option I can click on. What's going on, and how do I get my laptop to standby mode? [more inside]
posted by ruwan on Jun 5, 2005 - 4 answers

Is there a shortcut or a teeny tiny lil app for Windows XP, that will let me put my PC monitor on standby with just one click. I don't want to turn the power off, just put it on standby.
posted by riffola on Aug 8, 2004 - 17 answers