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Ok, just got a laptop that had vista, now has xp on it. No problems, except the webcam is too freaking dark. Main problem being that when I put it into standby, the monitor doenst come back on. The hard drive and everything else does, but the monitor doesnt come on? any ideas?

Hi-- Welcome to PCHF--
We need more to go on... what make and exact model of laptop is this...?

Its a toshiba satellite A205-S5816, had vista now has xp........thanks for any input

Oddly can't find a Webcam driver for XP for that model as per here:

Toshiba Support - Content List

I think I'd go to the device manager and disable the webcam and report back

Webcam is built into the monitor bezel--

You down-graded from Vista to XP?
Therein might lie the problem... it seems the drivers for the webcam and your video adapter don't exist for this model-- with XP as the OS. Not at Toshiba.

The Chipset and Graphics on that model are Intel, however-- and I did find a driver listed for the Graphics portion-- from Intel.
I want to be very clear-- I am not certain that this will work--and it will probably not help the webcam-- but if you can get the graphics functioning-- you could always add an aftermarket webcam, yes ...?
If you want to try the driver-- it is here:

Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Windows* XP (exe)

Ok thanks, im gonna try that driver h8bills. I preciate the effort yall put into looking for me. I checked the toshiba site, and couldnt find anything for the webcam. Wasnt sure about the graphics. BUT? we will see. Thanks again everyone

That was what I was referring to... the maker had set his sights on running this with Vista-- but you are not alone wanting to "downgrade" to XP. Unfortunately-- they are under no obligation to write drivers so you can do so.
Therefore if you want to keep XP-- you have to go looking for alternatives to make everything work correctly. The Video driver is a major part of any Windows OS-- if it's not correct, nothing works properly.
XP is probably running a generic driver from it's own database currently-- on your machine... so this driver should work-- perhaps a bit better.