Hello,

My Power Options, preset by the store tech from where I purchased this
computer (together with the advice to leave them as set on account of
WinME's proclivity towards problems in this area) has meant I have made no
change to those settings - Always On. Never. Never and Never.

In the startup menu in msconfig are two instances of Load Power Profile. I
believe it was in these newsgroups where I was prompted to regard the
mentioned settings as such i.e. that no request in Power Options was in fact
a setting in itself.

Google has been of little help in this matter. Which is - Should the two
"Load Power Profile' startup items remain checked and if so - why? Or is
there any benefit gained or lost from unchecking them -.if so what is it?

I ask because of conflicting advice being touted.

Thanks.

Ben.