houstonmat

Thanks, I will have a second look at that this evening and see if it helps
(and report back). Pardon my frustration...I just don't like troubleshooting
issues that may be unresolvable.

"Mary" wrote:

> 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