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thank you, thank you, thank you.

now, if I could just get it to stop going into sleep mode after about 2
minutes of inactivity so I could access it across my wireless network, it
would be perfect.

charles.....

> "Borrowed" from another site....
>
> Three options to get to the BIOS Setup on Toshibas (Includes
> Satellite 1405-S171)
>
> From Windows, use the HWSetup program.The HWSetup program comes
> preinstalled on these Toshiba models, and it is also contained in
> the Toshiba Utilities package for these models, which can be
> downloaded from the Toshiba support website. To run HWSetup, open
> the Control Panel and double-click the HWSetup program.
>
> Starting with the system powered off (not in Sleep/Suspend or
> Hibernate mode) Press the power button and then immediately press
> and hold the Esc key while the system runs the POST (Power On Self
> Test). When the POST finishes, a prompt will appear telling you to
> press the F1 key to enter BIOS Setup.

the above is what I REALLY needed.  the other software stuff I already
knew.

> From MS-DOS, running the TSETUP program-TSETUP must be run under
> MS-DOS mode and not in a DOS session under Windows. The TSETUP
> utility will not work if a memory manager such as HIMEM.SYS,
> QEMM386, or equivalent is installed. TSETUP comes with the
> software provided with the system, or it can be downloaded from
> the Toshiba support website.