A shortcut to “Sleep” well

Create your own Sleep button by creating a shortcut on your desktop. 

• Rightclick 
  on the desktop. 
• Select New Shortcut. 
• Type rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState in the text box as it is. 
• Click Next. 
• Type 
  Sleep in the text box
• Click Finish. 

Now when you click the Sleep icon, Windows XP will 

put the computer into either Stand By or Hibernate mode depending on how the “When I 

Press The Sleep Button” On My Computer setting is configured on the Advanced tab of the 

Power Options Properties dialog box.