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Old 05-05-2008, 11:39 AM
Thomas Wendell
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Default Re: Screen saver messes up a download over wireless adapter

<void.no.spam.com@gmail.com> kirjoitti
viestissä:9d597cad-9f9a-4065-840f-d28bd3a9f36a@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> I've got the Trendnet TEW-424UB wireless USB adapter that I installed
> yesterday. I was downloading a large file today, and then the screen
> saver kicked in. Then I moved the mouse to get out of the screen
> saver, and I noticed that the progress indicator had stopped moving.
> So the screen saver must have affected the wireless adapter. I opened
> up another browser and it could connect to sites. But the download
> didn't proceed anymore and had to be cancelled. Anyone experienced
> anything like that? Would you think that is acceptable, or is this a
> cheap piece of junk? (It costs only $8 after the rebate.) Running
> Windows Vista SP1.


Check power management settings for BOTH your USB ports and the wireless
adapter,
device manager -> USB -> USB Hub (all of them) > power
management -tab ->uncheck "Allow .. to save power)
........................ -> Network adapters -> .........................
( start -> run = devmgmt.msc )

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