On your desktop rightclick on an open space and go on
properties, then click the screen saver tab. On the bottom
there should be Energy Saving Features Of Monitor, click
on settings then it has the option of standby and how many
minutes, make it 1 minute then dont move your mouse for 1
minute and the computer will go on standyby. After you do
that once or twice it should come up again when you click
on start/shutdown

SYMPTOMS
When you click Start, and then click Shut Down, the
Standby option may be missing from the Shut Down Windows
dialog box.
CAUSE
This issue can occur for any of the following reasons:

When you received the following message, you clicked Yes:

The last few times your computer went on standby it
stopped responding. Would you like to prevent your
computer from going on standby in the future?
Your computer stopped responding while in standby mode two
times consecutively.
Advanced Power Management (APM) is not configured properly
in your computer's Basic Input/Output System (BIOS).
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use the following steps:

Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and
then double-click System
Click the Device Manager tab, and then double-click the
System Devices branch to expand it.
Verify that there is an Advanced Power Management Support
entry under the System Devices branch. If this entry is
present, click it, click Remove, restart your computer,
and then skip to step 4. If this entry is not present, use
the following steps:

Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and
then double-click Add New Hardware.
Follow the instructions on the screen to finish the Add
New Hardware wizard. If this wizard successfully detects
and installs support for APM, do not continue with the
remaining steps in this article. If this wizard does not
successfully detect and install support for APM, your
issue may be related to problems with your hardware, and
Microsoft recommends you contact your hardware
manufacturer for further assistance.
Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and
then double-click Add New Hardware.
Follow the instructions on the screen to finish the Add
New Hardware wizard. If this wizard successfully detects
and installs support for APM, continue to step 6. If this
wizard does not successfully detect and install support
for APM, your issue may be related to problems with your
hardware, and Microsoft recommends you contact your
hardware manufacturer for further assistance.
Restart your computer, and then test to determine if the
issue is resolved by clicking Start, and then clicking
Shut Down. If the issue is resolved, do not continue with
the remaining steps in this article. If the issue is not
resolved, continue to step 7.
Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and
then double-click System.
Click the Device Manager tab, double-click the Floppy Disk
Controllers branch to expand it, click Standard Floppy
Disk Controller, and then click Remove.
Restart your computer. Note that when you do so, Windows
automatically detects your floppy disk controller, and the
SuspendFlag entries in the registry are reset.
Test to determine if the issue is resolved by clicking
Start, and then clicking Shut Down. If the issue is
resolved, do not continue with the remaining steps in this
article. If the issue is not resolved, continue to step
11.
If you are on a network, contact your network
administrator before performing this step.

NOTE: For information about how to edit the registry, view
the Changing Keys And Values online Help topic in Registry
Editor (Regedit.exe). Note that you should make a backup
copy of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat)
before you edit the registry.

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause
serious problems that may require you to reinstall Windows
98. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting
from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved.
Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

Use Registry Editor to view the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\VP
OWERD

Verify that there is a "Flags" value and a "SuspendFlag"
value. If these values do not exist, quit Registry Editor,
and contact your hardware manufacturer for further
assistance. If these values exist, verify that the data
value of the "Flags" value is greater than or equal to
200. If it is, modify the data value of the "Flags" value
by subtracting 200 from the current value. For example, if
the value is currently 310, change it to 110. Change the
data value of the "SuspendFlag" value to 0 if it is not
already 0.
Restart your computer.