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Topic subjectRE: Unable to Get Online After PC Has Been Idle
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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.