RE: unplugging a running machine can be harmful, is better to push the power button and hold until machine shuts off on those ocasions when everything screws up,also to wake my machine from sleep I must use the space key. also recheck you power saver, there are several options includeing hardrive shutdown,causeing very slow restart hope this helps you find the problem On Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at 08:10 PM, Alexia Johnston wrote: > both my daughter and I have this problem but we are just unplugging > computer and starting it up again. Lexi > On Sunday, March 30, 2003, at 08:08 PM, Chris Beamis wrote: >