Hi Gordon, There has been several good responses to your initial post but, from this reply, I think you missed the point that hibernate and standby are two different power states, not equivalent. I suggest you go to Start Menu\Help and Support and enter "Power Options" in the search box. The resulting information will explain the differences. One suggestion was to check the documentation that came with your computer, another source. Finally, you can check the computer manufacturers Web site, as well as conducting a search of the Internet using your favorite search engine. Your posts indicate you have been using the Standby option. Sven Swanson, Sr. The NoSpin Group, Inc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Totty" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 11:42 PM Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Hibernation Thanks for the helpful replies. At this point I am ready to assume that Stand By and Hibernate are equivalent terms. When my computer goes into Stand By, the HDD stops spinning, the monitor goes into a black screen, low power state, etc. When I come out of Stand By, it is necessary to press the power button on the computer. Then, the screen comes to life and I have to click on my user icon. It all goes very fast. I've never had a problem with this, and use it most often, only rebooting about once or twice per week. I checked in Screen Saver, as directed, and found under the Power option that Hibernate is enabled. Were it not, I was prepared to not enable it owing to the critical comments posted about it. However, it works flawlessly for me. Gordon Totty PCSOFT maintains many useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml