Hi there!

I know that this is a silly question and a lot of you will probably advise against it, although regardless, how would one turn off the hibernate function on their notebook computer? I am not sure if this function comes with all laptops or not, and it is incredibly irritating! You see, I am an AIM addict and prefer to keep my AIM up when I am away from the computer. This is dandy, except that after about an hour or so of screen-saver time my laptop goes into this irksome hibernate function and disconnects me from everything. I can occasionally debunk this nuisance by clicking and un-clicking random things in the Properties menu, but if somebody could enlighten me as to how to turn this function off properly, it would save me a lot of time and frustration. Thank you!

For the record, I have a 2005 Toshiba Tecra with an Intel Pentium4 with the basic Windows functions and BLAHBLAH. If any further information is necessary, I will try my BEST to provide it. I don't advise against it -- it's your electric BILL.

Start > Control Panel > (Performance and Maintenance) > Power Options > Hibernate (tab) > Uncheck "Enable hibernate"

Also, if you want, go to Power Schemes and set it to "presentation" in the top box. This turns off screen saver, monitor standby, and the "shut off hard disks" feature. That's what I use, at any rate. Blarghy, it won't let me check or uncheck anything in the "hibernate" tab -- it's all greyed out, if that makes sense. It also says something about using the Toshiba power saver, but there isn't an available option there, either. :/Do the options in the Power Schemes tab work?No, nor there, which I was going to edit my post with last night but somehow forgot to.I found a possible answer. However, it takes some mucking around in the Registry.

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From experts-exchange:
Please check the Power Configuration in registry.
1. Start->Run "regedt32"
2. Navigate to the following location:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg]
3. The key named "currentPowerpolicy" states your current policy.
4. In the registry location: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies]
There should be have the Key in the left panel like:
0
1
2
3
4
5

Each stands for one power option.
It the above keys are lost, the power SCHEME options will be greyed out.
Hope this help.