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Posted by JW on May 29, 2008, 10:44 am
Please log in for more thread options Is your computer wired connection to the router which in turn is connected
your cable modem?
Does your router have a "keep alive" setting if yes what time period is it
set to?
> Internet connection to problem computer is wired - always on cable modem
> broadband - connection to notebook (presently using) is WiFi via router.
> Yes, I use Start Menu shutdown. Would now add that I can start in Safemode
> and have access to all programs - they open & run normally - but still
> have
> occasional problem as described earlier in "normal" mode.
>
> "JW" wrote:
>
>> Are you using a wired or wireless connection?
>> If using a broadband router is it always connected to your ISP?
>> When you shutdown your computer at night do you shut it down using the
>> start
>> menu?
>> > When XP (Media Center Ed.) starts after overnight off, everything
>> > appears
>> > normal - all desktop icons appear, start menu items, task bar, etc.,
>> > all
>> > look
>> > normal. Even Internet contact is made for Yahoo Widgets to update.
>> > However,
>> > when I click on a program icon to open it, it will not open. Even the
>> > browser
>> > programs won't open yet connection is there. When I shut down and
>> > re-start
>> > (may have to do more than once), things will start working again. Yes,
>> > running anti-virus, anti-malware prgs and have done the scans - which
>> > show
>> > no
>> > problems. Hope someone has some ideas about this strange problem,
>> > Thanks
>> >
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