If you are using a laptop computer with XP, or any other Windows operating system, it is set by default, to shut down when idle.
Here's how to force it to stay on:
Go to Control Panel, and select Power Options. In the window that opens, be sure that the Power Schemes tab is selected, (It should be selected by default). You should see five lines that have arrows on their right end. In the first one, it should say "Portable/Laptop". Click on the arrow to get a drop-down menu, and select "Always On". That will keep it from turning itself off automatically, but be sure that you always have the computer plugged into a power source, because if you don't, when the battery runs down, it won't save your data, (it automatically saves everything before shutting down if it is set to the "Portable/Laptop" option).
In the other four lines, below there, it should say, "Turn Off Monitor", and "Turn off Hard Disks", "System Standby", and "System Hibernates".
Click on each of those arrows, and select "Never". Then click "Ok", at the bottom of the window, to save the settings, and close the Control Panel window. You will probably have to re-boot the computer before the settings take effect.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
Luv,
Galahad
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It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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GALAHAD
gOT IT------THANKS AGAIN AND AGAIN---- 
AND NOW MY EMAIL IS STILL WORKING TOO-----sOOOOOOOO WE ALL SET---AND WHEN WE GET HOME WILL i HAVE TO UNSCRAMBLE ALL THIS STUFF!!!!! huh?????
iM GETTING TO SMART FOR *MY OWN GOOD* HAHAHA
sorry----I will get used to this LAPTOP!!!
lUVE cOLUMBO
AND NOW MY EMAIL IS STILL WORKING TOO-----sOOOOOOOO WE ALL SET---AND WHEN WE GET HOME WILL i HAVE TO UNSCRAMBLE ALL THIS STUFF!!!!! huh?????
iM GETTING TO SMART FOR *MY OWN GOOD* HAHAHA
sorry----I will get used to this LAPTOP!!!
lUVE cOLUMBO
the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness and self-control
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SO Listen--
If any assistance is needed ,call me anytime
Barbara---getting close to Bill Gates!!!
xoxoxoxox
have to call Deb with the good news but am sure Lynn already did
Barbara---getting close to Bill Gates!!!
xoxoxoxox
have to call Deb with the good news but am sure Lynn already did
the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness and self-control
Mrs. Gates,
You shouldn't have to change anything on the power options when you get home, but you will have to set up your email client for your Internet Service Provider, (ISP), there, (the way you had it before).
Luv,
Galahad
P S Great work, by the way. You are fast becoming a computer nerd. Or is it a nerdette?
You shouldn't have to change anything on the power options when you get home, but you will have to set up your email client for your Internet Service Provider, (ISP), there, (the way you had it before).
Luv,
Galahad
P S Great work, by the way. You are fast becoming a computer nerd. Or is it a nerdette?
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.