Thanks to both of you! Now can you tell me if it is a good idea to click never? Does the sleep or hibernate or standby functions sigificantly impact the life of my machine? Joyce ___________ Well I like having control of my computer and simply have a screen saver come on when I am away from it for more than 5 minutes doing other things. About the only thing which can **break** on a computer that has had proper maintenance is the on-off switch so I only turn mine on or off at the beginning or end of my day. The cost to run a computer is negligble. Judith To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk