Don't know if this applies to all brands of computers, but I was  told by 
Dell NOT to ever run the  hibernation.     Harriet
 
 
I have found that hibernation does not always work well. I have it  
turned off.

Tom Mayer

Joseph Doby wrote:
> 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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