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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "=^;^=" <alienkc@xxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 5:42 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: sleep function > ahh thanks Judit..I knew there was something I was forgetting about > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Judith" <jtb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 5:33 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: sleep function > > >> In XP Home -- go to Control Panel, Power Options and input "never" >> for your standby mode. >> >> >> Judith >> >> I have been searching in the help section and find a standby and >> hibernate. >> I have not figured out which mine is doing but I think it is >> standby and >> that standby is synonymous with sleep. Is that right folks? >> Anyway I still >> don't know how to make it quit doing it. >> Joyce >> >> >> 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 >> >> > > 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 > 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