Vista an Uneasy Sleeper

Emmy King writes "

One thing we just can't wrap our mind about is the terrible, broken, and completely pitiful support for waking Vista up from a Deep Sleep or hibernation.

Anytime you attempt to wake Vista up from Hibernation or "Deep Sleep" (S3-induced sleep mode), it dies. It's either a BSOD, or a driver error, or a broken network, no DWM, lack of sound... the list goes on, and on. So much for an operating system to "power" the future! (No pun intended!) That's with properly-signed drivers and no buggy software on multiple PCs..."

Linux

[Anonymous Coward]

Linux: Ritalin for your new vista box

Re:Linux

[WilliamSChips]

Linux: It doesn't suck.

And with 9 shut down options to boot...

[192939495969798999]

So which of those 9 shut-down options can we eliminate now? Probably all but the one that goes "shut the hell off"?

Ghee, I musta been sleeping...

[3seas]

...I didn't know Vista was out yet. Thought it was still in the debuggng stage...

Or maybe I'm still sleeping and this is a dream. Vista released with major operational flaws. Now that's a Linux promotion!

"no buggy software"

[woodhouse]

I'd like to know where this completely bug free software comes from. The last completely bug-free software I saw was Hello World.

"power" the future

[oKtosiTe]

It doesn't look to me like there was no pun intended...

Re:Linux

[WindozeSux]

How hard can it be?
When Ballmer is throwing chairs all over the office, it is pretty hard to program ACPI stuff. :-)

Why wake it up?

[dotancohen]

Why wake it up? Let it DIE DIE DIE....

Re:S3 is not hibernate/deep sleep.

[agent dero]

You're absolutely right, they should put those in the shutdown menu as well.

Seriously, KDE can get it right, Mac OS X can get it right. What's so wrong with: Sleep, Restart, Shutdown (, Logout)

Re:MSN Ramps Up the Linux FUD

[Anonymous Coward]

Those were no typos. I just destroyed you!!!

BTW, it's funny how the parent is flamebait, while replacing a few words makes you insightful. Moderators, make up your mind.

Uneasy lies the head...

[hey!]

Canst thou, O partial sleep, give thy repose
To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude,
And in the calmest and most stillest night,
With all appliances and means to boot,
Deny it to a king? Then happy low, lie down!
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.

-Henry IV. Part II.

Re:And with 9 shut down options to boot...

[Frumious Wombat]

They have to keep it, as it's an important usability option. Now your computer can act like you first thing in the morning. HAL, here we come!

Breaking News Update:

[Anonymous Coward]

Random blogger has computer problems, documents them on his homepage, blames manufacturer

Film at 11.00

And this is why...

[buddyglass]

...we wait for Vista SP1 before making the jump.

Also, because DX10 cards (and titles) will be ubiquitous by then.

"He's resting."

[overshoot]

"No, it's not."

Why do I have this urge to post the entire Monte Python "Dead Parrot" sketch? [mtholyoke.edu]

Re:Linux

[Ucklak]

Indeed the motivation of people migrating from Win3.1 to Win95 was that 95 "sucked less" and the remark was so common that I swear it became a Microsoft marketing line.

They say each successive version is "more stable and secure!"

Re:"no buggy software"

[WheresMyDingo]

The last completely bug-free software I saw was Hello World.

Nope, has an output format bug. It should end with an exclamation point, as in: "Hello World!"

Re:And with 9 shut down options to boot...

[Anonymous Coward]

Nine options?? Damn!!
What options must I think of???

Option 1. Shutdown Vista.
Option 2. Hybernate mode.
Option 3. Restart.
Option 4. Force Shutdown.
Option 5. Shutdown all Users in Usergroup.
Option 6. Shutdown all Users in Network
Option 7. Restart in Safemode.
Option 8. Restart in Safemode (network conn).

and finaly last one!

Option 9. Shutdown every Vista User PC located in the world!!!

whahahaha!

Le Marquis

Re:Press SHIFT to se all commands!

[Fred_A]

You can also press Alt, Super and Meta to see even more options such as doze, slumber, nap, snooze, relax, take a rest, nod off, or crash. I'm not sure what they do though.

Re:"no buggy software"

[chengmi]

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    char msg[4];
    sprintf(msg, "Hello, World!");
    printf("%s\n", msg);
    return 0;
}

Re:Why are you even putting it in sleep mode

[Anonymous Coward]

Sleep is for girls, n00bs, and douchebags. The rest of us leave 'em up on all the time. And fuck laptops. If you need to write code on holiday then you're not a real developer. Real developers don't *go* on holiday.

Re:Press SHIFT to se all commands!

[kinzillah]

reboots the system into windows?

Re:"no buggy software"

[fbjon]

That's not WTF enough to qualify:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    char msg[10]; //should be enough
    // print user-input number
    gets(msg);
    printf("%d\n", (int) msg);
    // finally, print hello world.
    printf(msg, "Hello, World!");
    printf("%s\n", msg);
    return 1;
}

Re:Pun...

[Artifakt]

When I heard the horrible screams from what those puns were doing to your parents, I had to stuff my fingers in my ears just to sleep. Now I can't hear anything, so I say making puns ought to be a deaf penalty offense.

Re:How hard can it be?

[StikyPad]

Glad you caught that, I thought I might have been a little too subtle.