Lately I have been having a lot of troubles with my computer after it has been idling for while. When I go to load a program my computer will not load it and the system hangs, I eventually just restart the machine and start over. any suggestions? Papa of Maggy05

Check your 'power options' It may be that it's set to turn HD's off after 10 mins? Tt Lanfire MSI K8N Diamond 3000+'Venice'@294x9x3 1:1 1GB PC3200 OCZ Powerstream 520w 6600GT WDCaviar 160gb sata x2 ;~}

Power Management http://helpdesk.nus.edu.sg/support/user/guides/power/win2k.htm If your computer is NOT a laptop/notebook then you can stop Hibernate. Hibernation, reserves disk space equal to your RAM. http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=guide&dId=145&dPage=5 The mysterious hiberfil.sys http://www.softwarepatch.com/tips/hiberfil-sys-xp.html

Do you have a cable connection? I've had this trouble loads of times but put it down to an old PC. I got a new PC last November but it still does it. Then I noticed the TV went down at the same time and that it is obviously the internet provider's doing. Even if they cut off momentarily it's enough to make the PC 'hang' or freeze. I have had to restart to get the service back.