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whats causing it to lock after a few hours.
Name: pete Date: September 22, 2000 at 21:50:47 Pacific
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i have win98 which always works great but when i leave it aloan for awhile at idle it just locks up ,it seems to wake up when i wiggle the mouse but is sluggish and just doesn't hardly respond???i notice the clock has even stopped,after reboot it works fine as long as i'm using it i reloaded win98 and still have the same problem... please help!
Name: rk Date: September 22, 2000 at 22:51:02 Pacific
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Many systems have trouble with Windows power management when going into or resuming from standby. Your best bet would be to set all Windows power management options to 'never' in Display/power mangement settings
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Response Number 2
Name: Haddit Date: September 22, 2000 at 22:59:36 Pacific
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If the clock has stopped, you may want to have the back up battery checked. That's the lithium battery that keeps the clock working on your desktop PC when the power is off.
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Response Number 3
Name: Sanjaya Sugiarto (by Sanjaya) Date: September 23, 2000 at 04:54:31 Pacific
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Hi Pete, Maybe overheating...
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Response Number 4
Name: wolfie Date: September 23, 2000 at 06:39:11 Pacific
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if it wakes when the mouse is wiggled then the power isn't off. I would check your power management settings . in bios this should be off or apm ( or acpi if there and if in win98). set youw win power managent to always on for a trial. disable the screensaver as trial. Enabling bios power man can cause problems when the screensaver comes on.
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Response Number 5
Name: jizzy Date: September 23, 2000 at 15:18:18 Pacific
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Yeah, right, its the CMOS battery.
Maybe your computer is obese and just gets tired easily
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