Re: Where should this thread go/hibrenate sleep question?

"jonsidnieyb" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:d0becd4213377d682996ba01e47db05e@nntp-gateway.com...
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> I am going to sound like a real big rookie, well because I am.
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> My portable computer is for business use only. I seem to never use the
> battery as I am always plugged in somewhere.
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> It seems like if I have a long update on a slower connection like
> anti-virus or windows update the computer shuts down after awhile. I am
> thinking these updates are not finishing.
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Slower connection means what... dial-up?

Computer shuts down means... sleep, hibernate or completely shutdown?

If it's Windows Update it's unlikely to shut down since it's Windows going out to get the update.


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> I would be working on my business and my connection would be very very
> slow. They suddenly it would spead up to a good usable speed. I
> noticed that after I got a message that an update had finally finished
> that matched me finally being able to work.
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> I want to know how to keep Vista from shutting down and allow updates
> and downloads to complete while I am asleep so when I am at the computer
> I can work.
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> I have a ton to learn.
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> Thanks everyone
> Jon
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Left-click icon of battery and and power cord in the System Tray (lower right corner on the screen) and select High-Performance. If it's plugged in to AC outlet it should never go to sleep/hibernate. If it's on battery it will still go to sleep if you go away from keyboard for a while.

"jonsidnieyb" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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> 54.0 mbps
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54.0 mbps is the connection between your computer and your wireless router.
What is the router connecting to the internet over, dial-up, DSL, cable,
satellite or don't know?

The slowest connection determines your fastest speed to the Internet, unless
you happen to be working at an ISP, 54 mbps isn't it.

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> Yes, it was going to sleep in 15 minutes. I did adjust that to never.
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That sounds like the screen saver.

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> I changed it to high performance the day I got this machine.
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> I know something is not right. On my older computer (probably should
> not have gotten rid of it) I didn't have these problems).
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> It could be the quality of the internet connection could have changed.
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> I can sometimes get work done for maybe an hour then things slow down
> very slow.
> It has taken me several hours just to be able to get back in and reply
> to this post.
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I don't know what you mean... you're description is vague. Could you give
an example?

You think the computer is falling asleep because you have a slow connection?

They're two separate issues.

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