Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> There is no definitive answer on question one, it's been asked for as long as there've been machines that can stay on. the best seems to be that if you're going to leave the computer unused for several hours, maybe turn it off. My personal limit is perhaps 3 or 4 hours of dead time is enough for the off switch, but nobody will ever prove it one way or another. As for leaving the screen reader loaded, unless you're getting unexpected messages from windows or something that make weird noises and make you think you're hearing voices, it can make no difference what ever if the reader is loaded. Unless of course it crashes because its mad you're not using it. My wife's "ME" machine, no reader installed, is now crashing in suspend mode, but that's "ME" the worst of a bad lot of so-called operating systems from "THEM"! the only reason to shut down or to use power management modes is to save energy, and that may be signifficant. do as you want, and you'll never know if it was the best thing or not. See, no good answer. tom Fowle Net-Tamer V 1.12.0 - Registered VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. To join or leave the list, send a message to [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html