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I've developed a problem with my STANDBY mode. When I try to go on STANDBY (START>SHUTDOWN>STANDBY) the system will hang on me. When I use ALT-CTRL-DEL it says that the STANDBY is not responding, so I press END TASK and then the system hangs on me. My SHUTDOWN & RESTART seem to work OK. Can anybody tell me the specific file or files that are activated when STANDBY in called. I have a good version of 98 SE on another computer that I can transfer files from. Also, I have re-installed 98 SE and the problem was not corrected (what gives?). Thanks in advance for any and all help you can give me :D

Leo


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A few practical notes and a short troubleshooting checklist based on what reported and how Windows 98 handles suspend/resume.

Windows asks every running program and driver for permission to suspend; if any process or driver fails to respond the OS will hang or disable Standby. That makes device drivers and background utilities (scanner monitors, USB/IEEE-1394 helpers, poorly‑written TSRs, video drivers) the usual suspects when Standby starts failing. (learn.microsoft.com)

Windows 98’s still-image subsystem uses a user-mode monitor process (stimon.exe) plus sti.dll and TWAIN/usd drivers — that monitor is exactly the kind of program that can intercept device events and interfere with suspend/resume if it faults or misbehaves. A faulty scanner utility or driver is therefore a likely source when the machine hangs entering Standby. (learn.microsoft.com)

Suggested step-by-step checks (safe, reversible first):

  • Try Standby from Safe Mode (F8 at boot). If it works, a non-Microsoft startup item or driver is the problem.
  • Do a clean boot / disable nonessential startup items (msconfig / System Information → Startup Programs) and retest.
  • Run Microsoft’s Power Management Troubleshooter (PMTSHOOT) from the Win98 CD or Microsoft site to log which driver/program fails during suspend.
  • If Standby was disabled after consecutive failures, inspect/reset the VPOWERD keys shown below (make a registry backup first). You can also remove and let Windows re-detect “Advanced Power Management Support” in Device Manager to reset the suspend flag.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VPOWERD
Flags   (DWORD)  — if >=200 subtract 200
SuspendFlag (DWORD) — set to 0

Use PMTSHOOT to identify the offender, update or remove the offending device driver/utility (video, USB, scanner hooks are common), and test again. The poster’s outcome (scanner monitor/adware removal fixed Standby) fits this pattern: background image/scan monitors or unwanted resident software can block suspend. Always back up the registry before edits and update video/chipset drivers if problems persist. (support.microsoft.com)

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Member Avatar for kccomputerdr

Congrats on ever being able to use standby. I've had more problems with standby than one can take. I usually just set the settings to shutdown the hd after so long & flip off the monitor when not using.

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I've always been able to use standby mode. Just recently has it gone kaput. My computer is more or less a clone of another computer I own and that ones standby mode is fine. I tried to reinstall win 98 se but the problem is still here. Maybe I'll re-clone it again from the working computer. Do you have any idea which files it uses to go into standby mode? Or is it a big secret?

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i'm sure it's well hidden & you'd have to get a whiz at registry or something to fix it.
good luck

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i'm sure it's well hidden & you'd have to get a whiz at registry or something to fix it.
good luck

Well, I was having problems with my all in one printer/scanner/fax/copier. The scanner wasn't working but everything else was. I have had many software problems with this all in one so I just re-installed the software like I always do when it doesn't work. Well this time it came up with and error... STIMON caused a page fault in...
Tried to install the software and then re-install 98 and then install the all in one software but the same error kept comming up. Looked it up in the MS UPDATE area on the web and it basically said delete it (change it from STIMON.EXE to STIMON.OLD), then I ran ADWARE and it found an ALEXIA problem in my regestry. I got rid of both of these and now my scanner works and my STANDBY works, HOORAY!!. So thats it folks, problem solved. I'm not sure which one it was and I don't care, I just know I got things back the way they were.

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