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Lifestyle => Tha G-Spot => Topic started by: acgrundy on October 21, 2008, 09:10:52 PM

Title: windows vista online question
Post by: acgrundy on October 21, 2008, 09:10:52 PM
seems like when my computer goes idle after 15 minutes of activity it will disconnect from the net.  I've never had this problem before.  Like I got a big file to download and I leave my computer and when I come back, it stopped after the computer went idle.  Anyone know about this?
Title: Re: windows vista online question
Post by: Mr. O on October 21, 2008, 10:41:12 PM
it happened to me before..not anymore.
Title: Re: windows vista online question
Post by: acgrundy on October 21, 2008, 10:45:05 PM
did u make any changes?
Title: Re: windows vista online question
Post by: Mr. O on October 21, 2008, 10:45:52 PM
Quote from: acgrundy on October 21, 2008, 10:45:05 PM
did u make any changes?
me? neh, I just reinstalled my window with recovery..and it went fine.
Title: Re: windows vista online question
Post by: pootypooty on October 22, 2008, 02:38:55 AM
Quote from: acgrundy on October 21, 2008, 09:10:52 PM
seems like when my computer goes idle after 15 minutes of activity it will disconnect from the net.  I've never had this problem before.  Like I got a big file to download and I leave my computer and when I come back, it stopped after the computer went idle.  Anyone know about this?

Sounds like maybe your network card has a "check mark" in the "Power Save" box. You'll have to go into your Network properties and uncheck it. The Network card is going to sleep, so it shuts down internet access after being idle for so long, so when you wake the computer up again, it has to refresh the network state again.
Title: Re: windows vista online question
Post by: Mr. O on October 22, 2008, 07:21:02 AM
Quote from: pootypooty on October 22, 2008, 02:38:55 AM
Quote from: acgrundy on October 21, 2008, 09:10:52 PM
seems like when my computer goes idle after 15 minutes of activity it will disconnect from the net.  I've never had this problem before.  Like I got a big file to download and I leave my computer and when I come back, it stopped after the computer went idle.  Anyone know about this?

Sounds like maybe your network card has a "check mark" in the "Power Save" box. You'll have to go into your Network properties and uncheck it. The Network card is going to sleep, so it shuts down internet access after being idle for so long, so when you wake the computer up again, it has to refresh the network state again.
that's also true.