[Help] Repair wireless connection after hibernation

[PAPAJOEY]

Every time that I log on to my computer after "hibernation", I have to "repair" the connection before it will work. I have a linksys 2.4 wireless connection. Additionally, every time I check an email reply highlight on a website, I get, as a default email, the email that I had a year ago with a different provider.

HELP!?

- PAPAJOEY

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[Sonic]

Hi, I'm french, I don't understand that : "dditionally, every time I check an email reply highlight on a website, I get, as a default email, the email that I had a year ago with a different provider.", can you re-explain me ? with a screenshot ?

For the wireless connection, you have to wait to connection to restore connection, have you waited a moment before try to repair ?

Goodbye.

[PAPAJOEY]

Dear Sonic,

Sure. Frequently, on a website, the narrative will read, contact "somebody@yahoo.com" for more information. When I click on the highlighted "somebody@yahnoo.com", the email program that comes up is one that I had with a provider a year ago. Not the one I have now.

As for the wireless connection, it seems to be getting gradually worse. At first, I occasionally had to click on, "Repair wireless connection", before I could get connected. Now I have to do it all the time.

- PAPAJOEY

[Sonic]

For mail:

Are you using Outlook Express ?

For connection:

Can you test your wireless with other wifi access point ?

Try with ethernet if it's same.

[Andromeda43]

Hi PapaJoey,

Since getting off of that old ISP, have you gone into your connections and completely removed the old connection.

Also do that in Outlook Express if that's what you're using for your eMail program.

Clean it up!

After that, it probably wouldn't hurt to run a good Registry Cleaner like "Easy Cleaner".

All too often, folks make new things but never remove the old ones. That's necessary.

Your internet connection sees Hibernation just like "Power Off". It probably doesn't know the difference.

Unless there is some mandatory reason you must use Hibernation, why not just turn off the computer when you're done with it? Let windows refresh itself during boot up, and reestablish the internet connection.

Just a thought.

Andromeda B)

[cluberti]

Changing the default email application is relatively trivial, and can (and should) be done in both the Internet Explorer options and the Set program access and defaults applet.

As to the wireless not working after hibernation or standby, if it works properly and without issue before hibernate or standby and fails to work after coming out of one of those power states, then the issue is with the driver used for the wireless device in your laptop, and not the OS itself or the access point. Consider upgrading the driver, or purchasing better hardware. Using Linksys devices is a crapshoot - some are great, and some just suck.

[LLXX]

Some wireless cards just have problems resuming from the low-power state. I have a Netgear card that does the same. I had to disable and then reenable it in the Device Manager to get it working again. Now I just set the power options so it stays on all the time, and haven't had any problems with it since.

Unless you're using a laptop, just leave the computer on and turn the monitor off when you're not using it. I've had more problems with standby/hibernate/resume than anything else