How to disable hibernation in windows XP from the registry

Open command prompt and type regedit . Press Enter.
Navigate to the following registry path:

Code:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power\]

Create a binary value with the name Heuristics (if it already exists, then just right click on it and select Edit). The seventh value of Heuristics is responsible for enabled / disabled hibernation.

Change the value of Heuristics to

Code:

05,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,3f,42,0f,00

to disable hibernation.

Change the value of Heuristics to

Code:

05,00,00,00,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,3f,42,0f,00

to enable hibernation