[SEL] O.T. Computer Question

William J Pfeiffer Sr old_iron at msn.com
Sun Feb 20 18:13:09 PST 2005


If you go to "control panel" you should see an icon labeled "power 
management" it is in there.

Peg Pfeiffer

>From: "Robert L. Holtzer" <rholtzer at earthlink.net>
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>To: The SEL email discussion list <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>Subject: RE: [SEL] O.T. Computer Question
>Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:37:38 -0800
>
>Bill, where is this feature found?  I don't see it in Device Manager modem 
>or Control Panel modem phone.  Is there another modem power management 
>location.   I have XP Home.  My modem is external -- possibly this location 
>has different power management.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Bob Holtzer
>
>At 01:40 PM 2/20/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>>Check in device manager, modem properties and make sure that it's not set 
>>to
>>allow the OS to power the modem down to save energy.
>>Some dummy at Microsoft decided it was ok to power down modems and network
>>cards after a period to save power - yeah, right - how much power can a
>>modem or network card take.
>>
>>Bill
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
>>[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Robert L.
>>Holtzer
>>Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 12:15 PM
>>To: The SEL email discussion list
>>Subject: Re: [SEL] O.T. Computer Question
>>
>>Might be worth querying your modem via Control Panel diagnostics.  It 
>>should
>>tell you whether or not your modem is OK.
>>
>>Bob Holtzer
>>
>>At 10:26 AM 2/20/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>> >Hi Folks,
>> >
>> >Sorry about the O.T. question but I don't know how to proceed on this 
>>one.
>> >We just got a new computer and are running XP. After start up,
>> >everything runs fine but after a while, if you are not using the
>> >internet, you can't get on the net until you restart the computer. It
>> >is like something is timing out. I have compared settings to the old
>> >computer but must be missing something.
>> >Any ideas would be appreciated.
>> >
>> >Dunc
>> >
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