How to stop the net from disconnecting (on a laptop)

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How to stop the net from disconnecting (on a laptop), Internet keeps disconnecting once computer goes into sleep mode

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brettxw View Member Profile	Mar 29 2009, 02:07 AM Post #1
Member Posts: 132 OS: XP	At night, Id like to keep the laptop on with the monitor closed but when I do that and come back, it has killed the wireless connection and then has to reconnect. How do I stop that from doing it again?

usasma View Member Profile	Mar 31 2009, 05:14 PM Post #2
Member Posts: 635 From: Southeastern CT OS: Vista x64 Ultimate/Windows 7 x64 Ultimate	You'll have to adjust the Power Settings in Control Panel to stop it from shutting off. Also, you may have to set some of the Properties of the device in Device Manager.

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