:-/ Ever since I have had this Dell Dmension 4500 with WIN XP it has served me very well and never given me any nasty surprises.  When I would leave the pc and do something else, when I returned, the blank screen (or screen saver) would go away and the page I had on the monitor would appear again - just by moving the mouse.  A couple of weeks ago I think someone gave my pc a sleeping pill.  When I leave it to go do something, if I am GONE for a long period of time, it will not wake up again.  I have to shut down and reboot the system.  I have gone in to "properties" and played with the power settings (not really knowing what I am doing) and still can not get it back to where it was in the "good old days."  As you may have guessed by now, I am not exactly a PC guru - but I am good at light switches - and besides, what do you expect of a guy that is pushing 74.   I'm from an era of radio and TV was just a dream.    JohnB in El PasoHave you TRIED turning of HIBERNATION and then re-booting so that the old hyberfile.sys file is deleted and then turning hibernation back on again?

How much RAM does the system have?

How do you do that with the stairwell lights so that one switch switches on and the other switches off? ;-)

What happens when there is no electricity?

Wasn't life better before television anyway?

Didn't you used to sail that sloop around someplace?