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Yes, if you shut XP and then turn it on, it really takes a long time since it has to load lots of drivers. If you choose it to stand by, the monitor will turn off but the CPU is still on with previous settings still in it also, as if the PC is on "resting" mode only the power is ON. It really depends on you. Why don't you try to hibernate your PC instead, wherein you can turn it off and when you turn it on it would be back where you leave it to hibernate. No need to load all drivers again and is faster compared to turning it on from shutdown.
If you dont know how to manualy hibernate your computer here is how you set it up:
To manually put your computer into hibernation
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of either the Administrators or Power Users group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure.
Open Power Options in Control Panel.
Click the Hibernate tab, and then select the Enable hibernate support check box.
If the Hibernate tab is not available, your computer does not support this feature.
Click OK to close the Power Options dialog box.
Click Start, and then click Shut Down. In the What do you want the computer to do drop-down list, click Hibernate.
If you have SLEEP button on your keyboard you can go to Power Options in Control Panel and select HIBERNATE option on SLEEP.
Now if you press SLEEP button your computer goes BYE BYE ..
To hibernate, just click the start button at the lower-left corner of the Windows screen, choose shut down, then when the dialog box appears asking you what do you want the computer to do, pull down the drop-down menu and choose hibernate and voila! your PC will enter hibernation.....
To hibernate, just click the start button at the lower-left corner of the Windows screen, choose shut down, then when the dialog box appears asking you what do you want the computer to do, pull down the drop-down menu and choose hibernate and voila! your PC will enter hibernation.....
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