Hibernation - Love it

The article says '...it's not that much help, and few users express much enthusiasm for it...' about hibernation. I use it all the time since it makes start up so much quicker (XP Pro) on my laptop and desktop. What with Zone Alarm, Norton 2007 (aaaargh!) and other miscellaneous permanently resident apps living in my computers, I can't be bothered with the hassle of waiting for them all to get up and running after a full shutdown each time. I find wake up from hibernation is so much quicker.

This does not seem to cause a problem with Outlook , which I leave running and set to check mail every few minutes. However, an app that relies on regular two way communication over the internet with an active server will probably not wake up and continue properly.

One thing puzzles me though: When my laptop wakes up from hibernation, XP Pro asks for my password (standard login box) but the desktop (XP Pro too) does not and just carries on where it left off.