Local only upon startup

[dbcarolina]

I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop computer and am off and on the computer all
day long, and every once in awhile I close the laptop or I am off for a
period of time and it sleeps or hibernates. I use the Internet Explorer all
the time through wireless connections at my home and office. But, when I come
back to the computer after it has gone to sleep, or after I 'open' the laptop
again, my connection information tells me I am only connected with 'local
only' access. I try to disconnect and reconnect, or diagnose and repair but
this never works. I have only found that restarting the computer works and
enables me to get back onto the 'local and internet' access connection. THis
is very annoying since it takes 5-10 minutes to restart every time...can
someone PLEASE HELP ME FIGURE OUT HOW TO STAY ON 'LOCAL AND INTERNET' ACCESS
ALL THE TIME AND NOT HAVE TO RESTART?
THANKS SO MUCH!!!

 

[Bob]

Go to Advance Power Settings.
Set hard drive to turn off a minute or 2 before sleep.
Set Hybrid and Hibernate modes to "Off"
Under USB settings select "Disable"
Under Multimedia select "Allow ....."