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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft Software => Topic started by: Matt on 10 February 2002, 23:48

Title: problamo
Post by: Matt on 10 February 2002, 23:48

Hello. I recently reported on here earlier in the year that I was getting disconnected on Win98 every two hours for absolutely no reason. So today I finally got a new modem for XP, waited pantiently for two hours...and what happens? I get disconnected again!

So my question is as follows: Does anyone else around here have XP with the same problem?

Someone else mentioned turning off the auto disconnect in the IE options menu - although it's greyed out - so no luck there.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers
Matt.

Title: problamo
Post by: flap on 11 February 2002, 00:52

Are you with NTL?

Title: problamo
Post by: Matt on 11 February 2002, 01:13

Nope. Freeserve Off-Peak Package.

Title: problamo
Post by: grumpus on 11 February 2002, 03:57

I get disconnected every five hours after connecting to the internet, on windows 98, linux and XP - on every computer in my house, even my brother's new alienware system.  I timed it, and sure enough at exactly  5 hours of being connected, it clicked off and I had to re-connect.  I think its the ISP's fault; maybe they disconnect you after a set amount of time??  Perhaps call your ISP and ask them what's up and see what they say.  I called my isp a long time ago about this but they gave some bogus directions to enable something in dial-up networking which didn't help worth a crap.  I might call them again and pester them about it, but I'm going to college soon and I'll no longer have to use dial-up.  Yesss!!

I don't know if this problem lies with the isp, modem, computer settings, or whatever.  Maybe being disconnected on dial-up just a fact of life.  Is there anyone who has a dial-up connection where they never get disconnected? It would be interesting to hear from them.

Title: problamo
Post by: egir on 11 February 2002, 04:40

a solution may exit, look at my homepage http://www.egir.dk/ (http://www.egir.dk/) choose network, and click the only link awailable. This should fix the problem in windows 9x/me. (you ofcourse need to do more than just clicking the link!)

Title: problamo
Post by: egir on 11 February 2002, 04:46

shit its paa danish.

short discriptien of the article. scroll down to the small letters looking like something from the registry and paste them to your regestry, I think you should be able to understand what the two keys means.