to minimize power utilized when no user is utilizing the network computer fig4 illustrates the system board of fig3 with a network card 420 incorporated into a computer device this implementation forms the computer board of the present invention as shown in fig5 the network card 420 may be a smart card in that a central processing unit 422 and memory 424 are provided on the network card 420 the network card 420 can be incorporated into the computer the computer central processing unit 310 may communicate with the smart card central processing unit 422 the network card 420 allows for secure information to be stored in the network card memory 424 in an encrypted format thus computer information including a user identification and password as well as information about the characteristics of that computing device may be stored on the network card 420 in a secure format this encryption feature is important because the network card 420 has the ability to communicate across a computing network independent of the computer the user may change information on the network card during a normal power on state of the computing device as shown in fig4 to facilitate communication across a computing network card 420 and the network interface 314 are tied to the.