What happened to standby and hibernate in Windows Vista?

When I first installed Windows Vista, I was confused when I did not find the features I used to frequently use in Windows XP – standby and hibernate. A quick look in the Windows Help and Support gave me the following answer:

In earlier versions of Windows, standby saves your work to memory and puts your PC into a power-saving state. Hibernate also puts your PC into a power-saving state but saves your work to your hard disk so that you can safely turn off your PC.

Windows Vista combines standby and hibernate into a single power-saving state called sleep.

Putting your PC to sleep offers the following advantages over shutting it down:

• All of your work, including information about the programs that you were using, such as window location and size, is automatically saved to your hard disk.
• When your PC wakes, Windows restores your previous work session within seconds. You don’t need to restart your PC, and then open the files that you were working on.

Sleep is typically the best power-saving state to leave your PC in when you are not using it. Shut down your PC only when you must turn off the power (for example, when you want to add memory or you don’t plan to use the computer for several days).

How to put your PC to sleep

To put your PC to sleep, click the Power button on the Start menu. To wake your PC, press the hardware power button.

That should clear your confusion on why standby and hibernate are missing in Windows Vista.

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