Hi everyone, Hibernate and shutting itself off are indeed two different things. Hibernate shuts down the computer but saves everything the way it was before shutdown. If you windows open and programs running, when you turn the computer back on, those programs will start up again, just like you left it. You could have been writing a letter in Word. The Word program would open and the letter would be there just where you left off writing it. The automatic shut off happens when you select shut down. Some computers are able to turn the power off themselves and others require pressing the on\off button on the case of the computer. The hibernate setting has nothing to do with this. Dave ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:16:29 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time) From: "Jo Ann Weaver" <hillfarm3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: computer shutdown question You can think whatever you want to Emma, but mine doesn't hibernate and it shuts itself off. Jo Ann To unsub or change your email settings: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ http://www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk