Eric, thanks for your answer, I'll try it. Hector I. Macedo "Lord of the Flies" Dallas TX 75248 hecmac at comcast.net On Jul 22, 2006, at 1:38 PM, Eric F Crist wrote: > Hector, the process is kind of a pain until you get used to it, but > here's what you have to do: > > 1) Close the powerbook, allowing it to go to sleep. Make sure > there are no peripherals plugged in, not even the power adapter. > > 2) Plug in Keyboard and Mouse, plus any other peripherals. > 3) Plug in the monitor. > 4) Plug in the power adapter. > 5) Press the space bar to wake up the computer if it hasn't already > done so. > > Your powerbook may seem to wake up, ask you for your password, then > go back to sleep. Sometimes it gets a little confused. Press the > space bar again to wake the computer up and you should be good to go! > > Eric > > ----- > Eric F Crist > Secure Computing Networks > > > _______________________________________________ > PowerBook mailing list > PowerBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/powerbook > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984