Where should this thread go/hibrenate sleep question?

I am going to sound like a real big rookie, well because I am.

My portable computer is for business use only. I seem to never use the
battery as I am always plugged in somewhere.

It seems like if I have a long update on a slower connection like
anti-virus or windows update the computer shuts down after awhile. I am
thinking these updates are not finishing.

I would be working on my business and my connection would be very very
slow. They suddenly it would spead up to a good usable speed. I
noticed that after I got a message that an update had finally finished
that matched me finally being able to work.

I want to know how to keep Vista from shutting down and allow updates
and downloads to complete while I am asleep so when I am at the computer
I can work.

I have a ton to learn.

Thanks everyone
Jon


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"jonsidnieyb" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:d0becd4213377d682996ba01e47db05e@nntp-gateway.com...
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> I am going to sound like a real big rookie, well because I am.
>
> My portable computer is for business use only. I seem to never use the
> battery as I am always plugged in somewhere.
>
> It seems like if I have a long update on a slower connection like
> anti-virus or windows update the computer shuts down after awhile. I am
> thinking these updates are not finishing.
>
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Slower connection means what... dial-up?

Computer shuts down means... sleep, hibernate or completely shutdown?

If it's Windows Update it's unlikely to shut down since it's Windows going out to get the update.

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> I would be working on my business and my connection would be very very
> slow. They suddenly it would spead up to a good usable speed. I
> noticed that after I got a message that an update had finally finished
> that matched me finally being able to work.
>
> I want to know how to keep Vista from shutting down and allow updates
> and downloads to complete while I am asleep so when I am at the computer
> I can work.
>
> I have a ton to learn.
>
> Thanks everyone
> Jon
>
>
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> jonsidnieyb
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Left-click icon of battery and and power cord in the System Tray (lower right corner on the screen) and select High-Performance. If it's plugged in to AC outlet it should never go to sleep/hibernate. If it's on battery it will still go to sleep if you go away from keyboard for a while.

 

54.0 mbps

Yes, it was going to sleep in 15 minutes. I did adjust that to never.

I changed it to high performance the day I got this machine.

I know something is not right. On my older computer (probably should
not have gotten rid of it) I didn't have these problems).

It could be the quality of the internet connection could have changed.

I can sometimes get work done for maybe an hour then things slow down
very slow.
It has taken me several hours just to be able to get back in and reply
to this post.


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"jonsidnieyb" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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> 54.0 mbps
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54.0 mbps is the connection between your computer and your wireless router.
What is the router connecting to the internet over, dial-up, DSL, cable,
satellite or don't know?

The slowest connection determines your fastest speed to the Internet, unless
you happen to be working at an ISP, 54 mbps isn't it.

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> Yes, it was going to sleep in 15 minutes. I did adjust that to never.
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That sounds like the screen saver.

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> I changed it to high performance the day I got this machine.
>
> I know something is not right. On my older computer (probably should
> not have gotten rid of it) I didn't have these problems).
>
> It could be the quality of the internet connection could have changed.
>
> I can sometimes get work done for maybe an hour then things slow down
> very slow.
> It has taken me several hours just to be able to get back in and reply
> to this post.
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I don't know what you mean... you're description is vague. Could you give
an example?

You think the computer is falling asleep because you have a slow connection?

They're two separate issues.

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On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 22:35:01 -0500, jonsidnieyb wrote:
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> I am going to sound like a real big rookie, well because I am.
>
> My portable computer is for business use only. I seem to never use the
> battery as I am always plugged in somewhere.
>
> It seems like if I have a long update on a slower connection like
> anti-virus or windows update the computer shuts down after awhile. I am
> thinking these updates are not finishing.
>
> I would be working on my business and my connection would be very very
> slow. They suddenly it would spead up to a good usable speed. I
> noticed that after I got a message that an update had finally finished
> that matched me finally being able to work.
>
> I want to know how to keep Vista from shutting down and allow updates
> and downloads to complete while I am asleep so when I am at the computer
> I can work.
>
> I have a ton to learn.
>
> Thanks everyone
> Jon<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

In addition to the other replies, I suggest that you turn off automatic
updates. Set Windows to do nothing but notify you when updates are
available, and then you start them yourself when you deem it safe to do so.

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