Restoring hibernation in Windows Vista after disk cleanup

This is rather interesting post, yeah I know excuse me here as its is yet another non cisco post ..but still a good one.

On windows vista, this is what happened ..I decided to run the Windows Cleanup tool, which enables you to clear your disk of unnecessary files. Main reason was that I was running out of space on my C:\ partition. So I only selected my C:\ drive to be cleaned up. After selecting the Disk Cleanup tool this dialog poped up:



Selecting the C:\ drive to be cleaned up ..and following certain other screens, this is what I would be able to free.



Which is all good uptill here. Infact was glad that I would be able to give myself some room on c: drive for time being. So I went ahead and clicked ok, and yeah I had some free space.

Latter in day I realised that that I was no longer able to hibernate my laptop, I mean all I did was just cleared up some space on c: drive ya. It latter dinged me that perhaps since I had checked the "hibernation file cleaner" option in the above cleanup process, that now hibernation was no longer and option, pitty isn't it. :)

Anyways after spending some time on the Microsoft site I figured how to get it back, and here are the steps:

1. Click Start , click All Programs, and then click Accessories.

2. Right-click Command Prompt, click Run as administrator, type powercfg -h on, and then press ENTER.

The command line tool powercfg.exe enables users to control the power settings on the system. An overview of all parameters that can be passed to the tool can be found by running the command "C:\Windows\system32>powercfg /?" from the command prompt.

For the hibernation we need the following:

-HIBERNATE, -H [ON|OFF]
Enables-Disables the hibernate feature. Hibernate timeout is not
supported on all systems.

Usage: POWERCFG -H [ON|OFF]

After running the command above with the hibernation parameter "powercfg -h on" the problem is solved and I can again hibernate my Windows Vista system. Btw, dont forget to bring up the command prompt as an administrator, else you will be slapped with yet another error. :D

HTH!

I am Alive..! :)

Well well I am very much alive and ticking, was just that I had been assigned a CCSP bootcamp to be conducted. So that pretty much got me occupied, it was a lot of toil as it was my first full fledged camp for this course. Point being I had to prepare through a lot of new presentations which was good, but had kept me away from blogging and other leisure activities. And the end the camp did turn out to be upto the expectations of the students and the institute, which is nice. :) Btw, I am still to take my CCSP exams, some of which I plan to attempt this month. So that is what I will be blogging about. :)


Will try and post on few other things as well. As always when it comes to cisco, have always been learning new stuff as the days go by. Hopefully I will be able to put some across on this site.

Motivational Quote

“The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.”

Greets!

20% off Cisco Exams!!

Well, thats true. :)

I came across this voucher on one of the blogs that I follow regurally and have availed of 20% discount on the list price for the CCIE R&S written exam. Finally I have an appointment scheduled for this test.

Infact I was to take this test, by the end of July 08. But then somehow that din't work for me. Anyways gald that I had to commit to test, no matter what served as an excuse. Btw, I am an old aspirant when it comes to CCIE. Infact I'm pretty much through with the 5 core topics including lab practise for the same ..they being Frame Relay, IGPs, BGP, IPv6 and Switching. So guess the written was long due.

Next all I hope is to clear the test, asap!

Greets!

PS: Here is the referral code if you like to avail the offer, Promo Code: xxxxxxx. You need to punch the code, when scheduling your exam through Pearson Vue.

Edit: I had to remove the code, because of certain distribution policy.

Motivational Quote

Ok, here is the quote for today:

" Sometimes I look at myself and I see an imperfect person, trying just to do my best in any way possible. One of those ways is to never let people kill my beliefs and faith that help me to face life everyday. This world already has so much evil and negativity that I REFUSE to add more into my own world. My dream is that someday I see myself old and feel the big satisfaction that I had the opportunity to help many in my life, that I can remember my life with a smile and die with the feeling of peace and happiness that I had done my best."
- Maria Uman

Greets!

Motivational Quote

Alright,

Well I have decided to post a inspirational quote everyday, it will serve majorly two purposes for me: a) It will keep me in the right frame of mind for the day, as I can see really tough days ahead. b) It will keep this blog live and ticking. :)

Ok, so here it is for today.

"Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will."
- Norman Vincent Peale


I can not agree more to this, I think its all about believes, one just has to keep his head up in the positive direction, no matter what lies ahead ..for mankind has survived for eons on hopes and positive believes!


PS: As of Monday, my daily schedule will be 10 hours at work, around 2 hours of travelling and lets see how much ccie prep can I squeeze in. I'm aiming at 3-4 hours daily. :)

Dynamips Tutorial

Ok, this is a brief tutorial of how to use dynamips for your ccie lab prepration. This tutorial was originally created by folks at internetworkexpert.com and is freely available for all. Thought I would post it here. :)

Btw, I'm speechless when it comes to dynamips, simply funtabulous work of art!!

Part 1 of 3:



Part 2 of 3:



Part 3 of 3:




Enjoy!