My standby icon in XP is grayed out

[wumply]

Conan:

This is new to me.

I found the chipset driver...downloaded it. It's sitting in Program Files at the moment. I clicked 'Open' and it brings up a dialog box called 'WinRar self-extracting archives' and currently it wants to install to C:\Program Files. It also says "Press install button to start extraction."

I'd guess it doesn't really matter where I put it; it will be found when needed. Correct? If not, where should I put it?

And could you tell me what a chipset is or what it is doing in this instance. The driver was described as an 'acceleration Graphic Port Driver.'

[Conan]

And could you tell me what a chipset is or what it is doing in this instance. The driver was described as an 'acceleration Graphic Port Driver.'

"A number of integrated circuits designed to perform one or more related functions. For example, one chipset may provide the basic functions of a modem while another provides the CPU functions for a computer. Newer chipsets generally include functions provided by two or more older chipsets. In some cases, older chipsets that required two or more physical chips can be replaced with a chipset on one chip.
The term is often used to refer to the core functionality of a motherboard."

Basically you need these drivers to correctly identify your motherboard chipset for Windows to make use of its functions like power related functions, going into standby, etc.