I found the following information on my Help and Support, maybe it will 
help.  This for XP-Home Edition.

When you put your computer into hibernation, everything in computer memory 
is saved on your hard disk. When you turn the computer back on, all programs 
and documents that were open when you turned the computer off are restored 
on the desktop.
To put your computer into hibernation, you must have a computer whose 
components and BIOS support this option.

To manually put your computer into hibernation.
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of either the 
Administrators or Power Users group in order to complete this procedure. If 
your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also 
prevent you from completing this procedure.

  1.. Open Power Options in Control Panel.
  2.. Click the Hibernate tab, and then select the Enable hibernate support 
check box.
  If the Hibernate tab is not available, your computer does not support this 
feature.

  3.. Click OK to close the Power Options dialog box.
  4.. Click Start, and then click Turn Off Computer. In the Turn Off 
Computer dialog box, click

You might want to save your work before putting your computer on standby. 
While the computer is on standby, information in computer memory is not 
saved on your hard disk. If there is an interruption in power, information 
in memory is lost.

To manually put your computer on standby.
  1.. Open Power Options in Control Panel.
  2.. On the Advanced tab, under When I press the power button on my 
computer, click Standby. If you are using a portable computer, click Standby 
under When I close the lid of my portable computer.
  3.. Click OK or Apply, and then turn off the power or close the lid of 
your portable computer.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Doby" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 8:39 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Hibernation


I like to use hibernation but now when I come of it, I can't connect to the 
internet. My taskbar shows my DSL
is connected but the browser says could not contact the internet server. I 
using Foxfire, Thunderbird and
XP Pro.  System works fine if I shut down completely and restart.  Any 
ideas.

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