Recent content by Bill Garrison

Recently Windows shuts down when idle after the pre set sleep interval expires. When I set my display to blank after 15 min and my PC to sleep after 20 min my PC will shut down rather than go to sleep as it is suppose to. I have extended the sleep interval to an hour to avoid shutdown. I...

LOL! "Such is WAR" in the vernacular is a statement of resignation to reality as it exists, not a call to arms. Thanks for the example and the technical details. Signing off!

Thank You! I have Dropbox and yes my router can share via USB. I have not mounted a USB drive as I have no need. My music and larger files reside on the Win 8.1 from which they are rendered to various devices. This was an intellectual exercise at best and not critical (except to my ego). What...

Windows 8.1 Networking I have the following home network configuration: Dell XPS27 with Win 8.1,Netgear WNDR4500v2 wireless router,Networked AVR, networked DirectTV, several android phones on WIFI, and a post XP laptop running Crunchbang Linux. Everything works fine. Networked music, internet...