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To: Gottfried who wrote (6339)	10/16/1999 9:59:00 AM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 110583

hey gottfried, while we're talking reboots... simply reading a few of the more recent posts to this thread demonstrates the validity of trying a reboot to fix a prob before searching for more esoteric answers. a couple of days ago, out of the blue, my pc stopped playing many of the sound files (wavs). when i dug around a little deeper i got messages about corrupted files, lost pathways, try reinstalling, files not found, etc. my audible mail notification was out. the wav that plays when i shut down was out. all of it. and when i tried realplayerG2, i encountered this funky 'out of memory' error that was completely foreign. i knew that was not right. so i figured everything needed to reconfigure and rest and get squared away (now there's some techno-talk for ya, huh?). i shut it all down, waited 60 seconds (that waiting part is important, i'm told) and rebooted. bingo! all sound returned, everything running smooth as can be. it's an easy thing to try before racking our brains. but we all knew that, right? :) mark

To: Gottfried who wrote (6339)	10/16/1999 10:02:00 AM
From: violetta martinez	Respond to of 110583

Yes you are right!! I also got the standbye /freeze and message. It sounded like a good idea,so I also disabled it. I guess it's not for every computer? Another problem I have is my internet connection automatically switching from modem to Lan connection...how do I stop this..any idea,because then the dial-up connection isn't launched at netscape startup. Any help with this problemo would be great! Cheers Violetta

To: Gottfried who wrote (6339)	10/16/1999 10:17:00 AM
From: PMS Witch	Respond to of 110583

Re-boot stuff ... I don't have any 'solid' evidence for this, but it seems in Windows' quest for efficiency, it doesn't always take it's cues from what's on your disk, but looks at what's in memory instead, saving a few precious microseconds of the user's time. The trouble is, this 'memory image' may not contain valid values and your troubles perpetuate. A cold boot (Re-apply the power, not a swift kick!) forces Windows to read the disk, and hence, load the correct, (or more correct) settings. People post that they disable stand-by mode. If they don't have any .JOB files scheduled, this could reduce their troubles, but, if they've an active Task Scheduler, those tasks won't get run with power off. I've a bunch of 'midnight' stuff I'm relying on .JOB files to run and I'd hate to return to the time-wasting of doing this stuff during the day, or even worse, forgetting to do it altogether. Cheers, PW.