Go to Start, Control panel and then Power Options. On a XP system, on the Power Schemes change the both monitor drives and System standby to NEVER. On the Hibernate tab, remove the check mark on "Enable Hibernation" and OK yourself out. On a Vista machine, Start, Control panel, System Maintenance and then Power Options. On which ever plan you are using, select "Change Plan setting". Set display to Never Put computer to sleep to Never Save Changes. On the Advance tab Set Hard drive to never USB devices to Disable And you may want to look at all of the other options and see if they may apply to your system. Now OK yourself out. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == -----Original Message----- From: computers-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:computers-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pam Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:35 PM To: computers@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Fw: Internet How do I turn off the sleep/hibernation? David, I didn't realize that you could, it has always gone to sleep/hibernated Pam