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Submitted: Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 09:59

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Glowplugs

Translated that means I can't fix and nor can my computer man.

My computer intermittently disconnects itself from the server in Internet Explorer and Outlook Express while still remaining connected on-line. My two little computers and the bottom right hand corner of the desktop still remain on.
I am on Dial Up and 48 to 52kbps.

I then have to disconnect and reconnect to get IE and OE working again. I may stay connected to the server for 5 mins, 10 mins or 3 hours. Its random.

My computer is networked to another one on our property.

Any ideas?

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Reply By: Member - Geoff M (Newcastle) - Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:12

Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:12

What operating system?

Geoff,

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Follow Up By: Glowplugs - Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:28

Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:28

Windows XP Home
80Gig capacity 512 RAM CPU 2400
Instalation date January 2005

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Reply By: Member - Raymond - Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:32

Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:32

Hi Willem
Used to have the same problem, changed over to Mozilla Firefox to replace IE and Mozilla Thunderbird to replace OE and the problem solved, both are free downloads from the Mozilla site.
Regards Ray
Me thinks Bill gets a kickback from the number of redials you do

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Follow Up By: Glowplugs - Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:38

Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:38

Thanks Ray. I have a disc here with both programs on it. At one stage I had them both down loaded but for some reason I have taken them out again. I take it that once installed I would have to remove IE and OE? to make the systrem work better.

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Follow Up By: Glowplugs - Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:53

Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:53

Hi Ray

I have installed Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird and set them as my defaults.

Will see how we go. Thanks for your help

Am going offline now.

Cheers

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Reply By: Member - Geoff M (Newcastle) - Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:44

Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:44

Hi Willem ,the key here to me at least is the fact you have the PC networked and wish to browse the internet too.
My best educated guess is the following,
XP Home is not designed for multiple networks to be active at the same time. It will only allow you to have one TCP/IP stack active at a time.
Since the modem and the ethernet card are both network interfaces the operating system will select one or the other, not both.
Problem wouldn't happen to coincide with file sharing or something between the two PC's would it? If so, XP Professional will do what you require.

Geoff.

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Follow Up By: Glowplugs - Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:51

Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:51

Thanks Geoff

I will put your comment to my computer man.

I have taken Ray's advice and have installed Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. Will see if this improves the situations.

Many thanks for your help.

Cheers

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Follow Up By: Member - Geoff M (Newcastle) - Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:05

Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:05

Willem, Ray's idea is without a doubt the simplest to try first off.

Go for it, let me know how you get on.

Geoff.

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Reply By: Member - Raymond - Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:55

Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 10:55

Hi Willem
You can leave IE and EO on, just not use them. Set Firefox as the preferred browserand Thunderbird as your preferred email. Occassionally I come across a website which will only accept IE.
We use XP home with one computer as the main and three others connected to it so that we can share files and also all can use the internet as long as the main one is one and we have had no problem with the system although cable does have its advantages
Ray

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Follow Up By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:13

Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:13

Also just a couple of clicks of the mouse to import all of your bookmarks to Firefox as well as all of your address book and folders fromOE to Thunderbird.

If you do a search, I'm pretty sure I posted some tricks for speeding up firefox a while back. If you are interested but can't find the post, let me know and I'll put them up again.

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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:39

Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:39

bunny has a defect...... one eye bigger than the other

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Follow Up By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:44

Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:44

He is ogling you with one eye, Nudie...

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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:49

Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:49

bloody hell ....a poo.....er a gay bunny

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Follow Up By: Glowplugs - Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 18:41

Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 18:41

Yeah I had problems downloading my mail via T bird as it wanted a password. So switched back to OE(but wilkl sort T bird out). Using Firefox browser now and it seems to be working OK. Will see how long we stay connected tonite.

Cheers

Willem

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Reply By: Member - MrBitchi (QLD) - Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 13:24

Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 at 13:24

Willem,
Might be a good idea to re-run the Service Pack 2 update and then make sure all further Windows Updates have been applied.....

Cheers....

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Follow Up By: Glowplugs - Friday, Sep 23, 2005 at 18:58

Friday, Sep 23, 2005 at 18:58

Hi John

Yes I have all the updates necessary. As mentioned below, the system seems to be running OK now with Mozilla Firefox

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Reply By: techie - Friday, Sep 23, 2005 at 00:52

Friday, Sep 23, 2005 at 00:52

Ihave a 5 node network. 2* 98, 2 * XP pro, Xp Home (fileserver).
98 used as internet sharing.
I had the same problem - switched to mozilla and haven't looked back.
then also upgraded to XP pro - so much better.
strongly recommend mozilla.
Regards
Techie.

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