Unable to do a Soft ReBoot in Windows XP?

Original title: "XP Soft Reboot.

Have Windows XP Home Edition on my Asus EEE and would like Soft ReBoot it in the way that I can do on my PC with Windows 7.
Tips on how to do this would be greatly appreciated.

Things are different in Windows 7...

I think that the closest, you will come to a "soft restart" under XP is to use Hibernate or Stand By.

I would never use Stand By good because it is inherently dangerous because it is possible that the data that has not been written to disk are always in RAM.  If your system loses power on Stand-By, that data will be lost and you may have some corrupted files.  Stand-By is a risky behavior.  This isn't why Stand By was invented anyway.

Here is an article that I found on the Internet on the use of hibernation under XP:

http://www.giannistsakiris.com/index.php/2009/04/08/how-to-enable-Hibernate-in-Windows-XP/

Personally, I am a chronic hibernant.  If you find unsatisfactory, you can add an additional Hibernate button to your menu to turn off the computer to avoid you having to press the SHIFT key.  It is perfect for lazy people like me.

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