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What is "System standby," exactly?
I am all for saving as much energy as I can but I don't want to inconvenience myself too much to do it. So, to this end, I am looking for a deeper understanding of some of the power features of Windows, "System standby" in particular.
I can imagine, generally, what it does. It powers the system down into some kind of power saving mode since you're not really using it. However, I wonder how this works, exactly. Are your computer components still on? What powers them back on? Will it only power back on from recieving user input or can it power itself back on due to other stimuli, such as network activity or a scheduled process? It would be a shame to have scheduled tasks fail to run, or downloads fail to complete, simply because your computer was in or went into "System standby" mode...
I assume "System hibernates" mode actually turns off your computer so it really is doing nothing and will not stay that way until you physically turn it on...
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