vista

[meganursula]

big)  when i put my computer into hybernation, it doesn't appear to shutdown properly (eg., when it starts back up again i get the 'your computer shut down unexpectedly' messge.  Is this normal?

small)  can someone tell me how to get friggin file extensions to always show up?  who ever thought it was a good idea to hide file extensions anyway? 

Comments

[katybeth]

1) That doesn't sound normal, but I don't what the answer would be. Laptops and OS hibernation don't always play well together. Hopefully that's not the case here.

2) On an explorer window (e.g. My Computer), if you have a menu bar, it's Tools -> Options -> View -> Hide extensions of known file types. On Vista the menu bar might be hidden by default, in which case there's a link on the left side of the window that gets you to the same dialog, but I can't remember off the top of my head what it is. (I'm on XP right now, could log into a Vista machine if needed.)

2a) I agree with you, hiding file extensions, especially by *default* is *stupid*.

[mh75.livejournal.com]

1) Luckily, it can sleep with no problem, so i'm just making it sleep instead of hybernate.
2) Thanks. i found it. I also found a box that says 'always show menus'.

[msde.livejournal.com]

1) It's not normal, and I'd poke around the usual places (manufacturer, windows update, etc.) to see if you have driver updates available.

[via-lens.livejournal.com]

I will fix these for you tonight. :)

[via-lens.livejournal.com]

Never mind, I should read. But I can probably help with the hibernation thing. It is likely a driver issue.