Well, maybe because I'm lazy??? I have my new Dell, and it just came set up that way. I never 'shut down' my pc before at night. Now after such and such time frame, the monitor goes black and everything is sleeping. I hadn't ever had my pc set up like that before, but got use to it and now just keep it that way. Re-Na ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deb Pfingsten" <debpf@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Out of curiosity: why do you use hibernation mode rather than just shut > down? > Deb Pf > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Yipee! Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.554 / Virus Database: 346 - Release Date: 12/20/2003 Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.