Re: Can't wake computer from sleep! among other things

And has this ever worked with your computer, or is this something recent?
If something recent, what's changed?

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"cbreinertsen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When my computer goes to sleep and I am supposed to be able to push the
> power button to wake it up, it does nothing. I have tried everything I
> can think of to wake my computer, but I have NO success. The only way
> to get it to wake up is to hold the power button down till it turns
> itself off and then reboot.
>
> I also cannot install Windows updates When I click the update
> button it trys to download but instead basically just sits there and
> tells me it is trying to download, without ever actually doing anything.
> I end up just having to stop it. I had not installed downloads for
> quite awhile because when I first got my computer the updates kept
> ruining my system and I'd have to do a restore, but I've been having so
> many other problems with the computer I decided to try doing it again.
> I hate Vista and am starting to hate PCs and swear on my life my next
> computer will be an Apple