Mary

You can't totally disable those. I have them disabled in Power Options too
but I still can manually put the computer into sleep or hibernation. Just try
the fix--it came from Microsoft support and see if it works for you. It can't
hurt. The shutdown button on the Start menu is set to Sleep instead of
Shutdown. You can change that in Power Options. So even if Sleep is disabled,
you still can choose that from the start menu.

"houstonmat" wrote:

> Not true, both are disabled (hibernate and sleep). As I stated, it happens
> after about 10 minutes, which often is in the middle of me actually doing
> something.
>
>
> "Mary" wrote:
>
> > The fix for this is to change the Power Management tab for the wireless card.
> > Select "Allow Windows to this device off to save power." Then Vista knows to
> > wake the card and reconnect to the network after Sleep or Hibernate.
> >
> > "houstonmat" wrote:
> >
> > > On two different Vista Home Premium laptops, two different architectures and
> > > laptop models and three different wireless routers I have experienced the
> > > following issue. After about 15 minutes of being connected, my wireless
> > > connection drops the Internet connection and becomes 'local access only.'
> > > Local access is true, because I can stream from my 360, but the laptop cannot
> > > access the internet. Just renewing the IP isn't enough, I have to completely
> > > reset the adapter. A cursory search of the internet shows that this happens
> > > on just about every imaginable platform and hardware configuration out there.
> > >
> > > What gives, Microsoft? When will this be patched?? I bought this laptop for
> > > my wife so that she *wouldn't* be calling me all day at work to help her, yet
> > > the support calls are through the roof!!
> > >
> > > Matt
> > > houstonmat--at--gmail