401011, RE: Unable to Get Online After PC Has Been Idle Posted by _Chewy_, Thu Feb-23-06 04:46 PM
>Regarding >Chewy's suggestion about not using Standby or >Hibernation...I've been using Standby for years with no >problems, so why would it start up now? >I think we can rule that one out, too.
Think again DavvyWavy - it can.
Quote: "A PC may fail to wake up from hibernation or standby mode, ... the other computers on your home network will also lose their Internet connection."
http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/l0903/28l03/28l03.asp
But it doesn't apply to Laurie's situation since she has stated she doesn't use stand-by or hibernation.
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