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Feline sleepy? Andre Potgieter has a pet lion called Storm that likes to cuddle up to him in bed in his South Africa home. Luckily, animal lover Andre Potgieter has nothing to fear from this particular 160kg (25st) predator as the two have been best friends for the past four years. The...

FUKUSHIMA — Each of the employees of Tokyo Electric Power Co and other workers engaged in containing damage at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is given 30 survival food crackers and a 180 milliliter pack of vegetable juice for breakfast after getting up just before 6 a.m...

A recent nation-wide survey investigating sleeping habits has linked the use of technology with insufficient sleep. But the findings may not be that clear-cut. The details come from the National Sleep Foundation, a non-profit group aiming to tackle sleep-related health issues and thus cut the...

Not getting enough sleep these days? You may have to blame your computer or your cell phone. The National Sleep Foundation on Monday released the results of a poll showing that many people aren't getting a good night's sleep. The survey found that 43% of Americans say they rarely or never get...

When I put my PC to sleep and Wake it up again my Netgear WPN111 loses connection. On the superbar it says "Limited Connection". Sure, I can unplug the dongle and plug it back in, but that is hassle and a waste of precious gaming time :D. How do I resolve this?

I "successfully" applied SP1 to my W7 system. Two issues: 1) the hibernate/sleep function is gone. This is a desk top. At the end of the hour, the system shuts down. No USB/mouse wakeup. Pressing power-on does a reboot. The W7 power options seem to be set correctly (unless I am missing...

Getting in shape is a problem that a lot of Americans (and other fat people) have. It’s tough, and it requires work. Lots of work. Crash diets don’t work, but is there anything out there that’s easy that does work? As it turns out, there are some easy ways to look better in that swimsuit (for...

This cat is getting a rather unwanted wake-up call – from a chirpy budgerigar that sounds like Star Wars robot R2-D2. The cat is ensconced in a cosy hammock next to a radiator, trying to sleep – but the brave white bird has other ideas. Despite the fact that it could be killed with one...

Hi, I recently configured an HTPC. Now I set the power savings and such so that the computer turns off the display and hibernates 'never'. However, my system goes to sleep in 20 minutes while im streaming video. I have even tried to create my own power plan and it still goes to sleep. Does...

I would like to hear a sound when my pc go to hibernate/sleep and when wake up, just like when Windows shutting down or start. It is posible? Please help!

Hello, I am using Windows 7 Home edition. I have found that the turn off monitor and sleep functions do not work. When I set these from edit plan settings and save changes it does not do anything. I have tried restarting my computer to see if this would work but to no avail. I have no...

Every time I put my computer to sleep or hibernate and wake it up, the computer resumes to a screen stating "Windows failed to shut down correctly" A recent hardware or software change might be the cause and I'm asked to choose how to restart.Quite similar to the screen I would get after a...

Hello all, I have been trying to troubleshoot this issue and can't seem to figure it out. I am not well versed in troubleshooting BSOD errors as I have been extremely lucky in that I have never had them since using win 98 :) Basically what happens is every time I resume from a sleep (hybrid...

I have a Toshiba laptop that I try to put to sleep, but it doesn't work. When it "goes to sleep" all of the status lights (HDD, Wi-fi, etc.) stay lit and neither key presses nor mouse movement will bring the display back to life. After about an hour it just shuts down. The only way you can see...

Hey all , I have a problem with my computer as it won't sleep, my pc specs are Intel core 2 Quad Q8300 2.50Ghz and 4.00 GB RAM and operating a 64 bit system, any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Lance

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When I open the Lid on this Toshiba L675-OOX Laptop, everything pops up out of sleep the way it should. When I run it on Battery power, I can lift the Lid but it will not come out of Sleep. If I move the mouse, it does. Can someone point out to me how to fix this so that when I lift the Lid...

I searched but mostly found bsod on wakeup nothing like this. never noticed this problem till recently because i never used to put my laptop to sleep, now i put it to sleep all the time. the thing is i can put it to sleep for a few hours then wake it up and everything is fine but if i let it...

I have read about 10 different post here, but unable to locate my exact problem. I recently switched from a desktop to a laptop, I have always just finished what I was doing then let the machine sleep after 10 min, and hibernate after 90 min. I have ended up doing the same thing with my laptop...