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"Amanda" wrote in message
...
Sometimes when I navigate to a web page, a window pops up, a dialog box
titled "dial up connection" and it asks to "select the service you want to
connect to" and has drop down boxes for broadband, dial up etc.
This is not the way I connect to the internet, I am already online as I have
a cable modem, and I just open internet explorer (IE7) and I'm online.
If I ignore this box completely I have no problem, except the box is still
open. I still can view the webage I was going to, and get mail and whatever.

If I close the dialog box, I am suddenly "working offline" and I have to go
to TOOLS and uncheck the "work offline" tab.


Describe the dialog better. E.g. do you have a Retry button too?
If so, use it instead of trying to close the dialog.



This happens a few times a day, not every time I am working online.
Using a standalone desktop computer, Vista Ultimate, IE7.
--
Amanda B


You could tell your ISP about it but this is normal AFAIK.
It just means that the link wasn't ready when IE needed it to be.

You could use ipconfig /all or the Network Diagnostics tool
to check the status of the adapter but I suspect it will always be too late
and the link will be restarted. However, if those tools showed you a statistic such as
remaining lease time for your IP address what would be more interesting I think
would be to do those checks periodically and see if your symptom does not
coincide with its elapse.

BTW this has more to do with your networking configuration and its
support by your OS. Cross-posting to Vista Networking for convenience.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---

OK, but I have to wait till it happens again, it does not happen so often
that I could notice a pattern of when it occurs. Yesterday it happened when
navigating to my bank site, but today it doesn't do it.
I do know it does not have a cancel or a retry, either one. As I recall, it
allows you to choose which service you are connecting to, i.e. broadband,
LAN, etc. and then choose "connect."
And I think it has a settings tab, but nothing in the settings tab meant
anything to me.
Next time it happens, I;ll write it all down, thanks.

--
Amanda B


"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

(cross-post added to Vista Networking)
"Amanda" wrote in message
...
Sometimes when I navigate to a web page, a window pops up, a dialog box
titled "dial up connection" and it asks to "select the service you want to
connect to" and has drop down boxes for broadband, dial up etc.
This is not the way I connect to the internet, I am already online as I have
a cable modem, and I just open internet explorer (IE7) and I'm online.
If I ignore this box completely I have no problem, except the box is still
open. I still can view the webage I was going to, and get mail and whatever.

If I close the dialog box, I am suddenly "working offline" and I have to go
to TOOLS and uncheck the "work offline" tab.


Describe the dialog better. E.g. do you have a Retry button too?
If so, use it instead of trying to close the dialog.



This happens a few times a day, not every time I am working online.
Using a standalone desktop computer, Vista Ultimate, IE7.
--
Amanda B


You could tell your ISP about it but this is normal AFAIK.
It just means that the link wasn't ready when IE needed it to be.

You could use ipconfig /all or the Network Diagnostics tool
to check the status of the adapter but I suspect it will always be too late
and the link will be restarted. However, if those tools showed you a statistic such as
remaining lease time for your IP address what would be more interesting I think
would be to do those checks periodically and see if your symptom does not
coincide with its elapse.

BTW this has more to do with your networking configuration and its
support by your OS. Cross-posting to Vista Networking for convenience.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---

"Amanda" wrote in message
...
OK, but I have to wait till it happens again, it does not happen so often
that I could notice a pattern of when it occurs. Yesterday it happened when
navigating to my bank site, but today it doesn't do it.

I do know it does not have a cancel or a retry, either one. As I recall, it
allows you to choose which service you are connecting to, i.e. broadband,
LAN, etc. and then choose "connect."
And I think it has a settings tab, but nothing in the settings tab meant
anything to me.

Ok. I think that I have seen something similar under XP, especially
using Help and Support's Support menu. E.g. press Win-F1
and use Alt-u, Get help from Microsoft...

Wouldn't you know it? 9 times out of 10 I get an embedded message
there about having to be connected to the Internet and a Connect button
and then that is what produces the dialog I thought we could use for
comparison purposes... ; }


Next time it happens, I;ll write it all down, thanks.


Me too. I don't think that mine forces me into doing anything or forces me
into a Work Offline state though.


Otherwise, try the same procedure I've outlined in case it helps you
reproduce your problem symptom more reliably.


HTH

Robert
---



--
Amanda B


"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

(cross-post added to Vista Networking)
"Amanda" wrote in message
...
Sometimes when I navigate to a web page, a window pops up, a dialog box
titled "dial up connection" and it asks to "select the service you want to
connect to" and has drop down boxes for broadband, dial up etc.
This is not the way I connect to the internet, I am already online as I have
a cable modem, and I just open internet explorer (IE7) and I'm online.
If I ignore this box completely I have no problem, except the box is still
open. I still can view the webage I was going to, and get mail and whatever.

If I close the dialog box, I am suddenly "working offline" and I have to go
to TOOLS and uncheck the "work offline" tab.


Describe the dialog better. E.g. do you have a Retry button too?
If so, use it instead of trying to close the dialog.



This happens a few times a day, not every time I am working online.
Using a standalone desktop computer, Vista Ultimate, IE7.
--
Amanda B


You could tell your ISP about it but this is normal AFAIK.
It just means that the link wasn't ready when IE needed it to be.

You could use ipconfig /all or the Network Diagnostics tool
to check the status of the adapter but I suspect it will always be too late
and the link will be restarted. However, if those tools showed you a statistic such as
remaining lease time for your IP address what would be more interesting I think
would be to do those checks periodically and see if your symptom does not
coincide with its elapse.

BTW this has more to do with your networking configuration and its
support by your OS. Cross-posting to Vista Networking for convenience.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---

OK, so I was browsing on a fabric website, clicked on a link to see a
particular fabric's details, and up popped the dialog box.
It has a title, DIAL UP CONECTION
and it has a drop down box, "select the service you want to connect to"
but in that drop down there is one selection, BROADBAND
Below the drop down box is a check box to "connect automaically"
(If I check that, my computer tries to dial a connction, but I do not have
dial up internet, so that fails)
Below that is a tab for CONNECT, a tab for SETTINGS, a tab for WORK OFFLINE
Connect just tries to dial up again.
Settings gives me a place to input my settigs for a dial up connection or a
virtual private network, neither of which I have.
The only way to dismiss the box is to close it with the X in top right, and
that is when I get kicked into work offline mode.
This is not a big problem, now that I know what is happening I just have to
make sure to look at the "work offline" under the IE tools menu, and make
sure it is not checked.
But it is irritating.
Thanks for your interest!

--
Amanda B


"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

"Amanda" wrote in message
...
OK, but I have to wait till it happens again, it does not happen so often
that I could notice a pattern of when it occurs. Yesterday it happened when
navigating to my bank site, but today it doesn't do it.

I do know it does not have a cancel or a retry, either one. As I recall, it
allows you to choose which service you are connecting to, i.e. broadband,
LAN, etc. and then choose "connect."
And I think it has a settings tab, but nothing in the settings tab meant
anything to me.

Ok. I think that I have seen something similar under XP, especially
using Help and Support's Support menu. E.g. press Win-F1
and use Alt-u, Get help from Microsoft...

Wouldn't you know it? 9 times out of 10 I get an embedded message
there about having to be connected to the Internet and a Connect button
and then that is what produces the dialog I thought we could use for
comparison purposes... ; }


Next time it happens, I;ll write it all down, thanks.


Me too. I don't think that mine forces me into doing anything or forces me
into a Work Offline state though.


Otherwise, try the same procedure I've outlined in case it helps you
reproduce your problem symptom more reliably.


HTH

Robert
---



--
Amanda B


"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

(cross-post added to Vista Networking)
"Amanda" wrote in message
...
Sometimes when I navigate to a web page, a window pops up, a dialog box
titled "dial up connection" and it asks to "select the service you want to
connect to" and has drop down boxes for broadband, dial up etc.
This is not the way I connect to the internet, I am already online as I have
a cable modem, and I just open internet explorer (IE7) and I'm online.
If I ignore this box completely I have no problem, except the box is still
open. I still can view the webage I was going to, and get mail and whatever.

If I close the dialog box, I am suddenly "working offline" and I have to go
to TOOLS and uncheck the "work offline" tab.


Describe the dialog better. E.g. do you have a Retry button too?
If so, use it instead of trying to close the dialog.



This happens a few times a day, not every time I am working online.
Using a standalone desktop computer, Vista Ultimate, IE7.
--
Amanda B


You could tell your ISP about it but this is normal AFAIK.
It just means that the link wasn't ready when IE needed it to be.

You could use ipconfig /all or the Network Diagnostics tool
to check the status of the adapter but I suspect it will always be too late
and the link will be restarted. However, if those tools showed you a statistic such as
remaining lease time for your IP address what would be more interesting I think
would be to do those checks periodically and see if your symptom does not
coincide with its elapse.

BTW this has more to do with your networking configuration and its
support by your OS. Cross-posting to Vista Networking for convenience.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---

"Amanda" wrote in message
...
OK, so I was browsing on a fabric website, clicked on a link to see a
particular fabric's details, and up popped the dialog box.
It has a title, DIAL UP CONECTION
and it has a drop down box, "select the service you want to connect to"
but in that drop down there is one selection, BROADBAND
Below the drop down box is a check box to "connect automaically"
(If I check that, my computer tries to dial a connction, but I do not have
dial up internet, so that fails)
Below that is a tab for CONNECT, a tab for SETTINGS, a tab for WORK
OFFLINE
Connect just tries to dial up again.

Settings gives me a place to input my settigs for a dial up connection or
a
virtual private network, neither of which I have.

Does going to Tools||Internet Options||Connections(tab) in IE7 and making
the "Never dial a connection" option enabled make a difference in the
behavior?

Good luck,

Donald Anadell




The only way to dismiss the box is to close it with the X in top right,
and
that is when I get kicked into work offline mode.
This is not a big problem, now that I know what is happening I just have
to
make sure to look at the "work offline" under the IE tools menu, and make
sure it is not checked.
But it is irritating.
Thanks for your interest!

--
Amanda B


"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

"Amanda" wrote in message
...
OK, but I have to wait till it happens again, it does not happen so
often
that I could notice a pattern of when it occurs. Yesterday it happened
when
navigating to my bank site, but today it doesn't do it.

I do know it does not have a cancel or a retry, either one. As I
recall, it
allows you to choose which service you are connecting to, i.e.
broadband,
LAN, etc. and then choose "connect."
And I think it has a settings tab, but nothing in the settings tab
meant
anything to me.

Ok. I think that I have seen something similar under XP, especially
using Help and Support's Support menu. E.g. press Win-F1
and use Alt-u, Get help from Microsoft...

Wouldn't you know it? 9 times out of 10 I get an embedded message
there about having to be connected to the Internet and a Connect button
and then that is what produces the dialog I thought we could use for
comparison purposes... ; }


Next time it happens, I;ll write it all down, thanks.


Me too. I don't think that mine forces me into doing anything or forces
me
into a Work Offline state though.


Otherwise, try the same procedure I've outlined in case it helps you
reproduce your problem symptom more reliably.


HTH

Robert
---



--
Amanda B


"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

(cross-post added to Vista Networking)
"Amanda" wrote in message
...
Sometimes when I navigate to a web page, a window pops up, a dialog
box
titled "dial up connection" and it asks to "select the service you
want to
connect to" and has drop down boxes for broadband, dial up etc.
This is not the way I connect to the internet, I am already online
as I have
a cable modem, and I just open internet explorer (IE7) and I'm
online.
If I ignore this box completely I have no problem, except the box is
still
open. I still can view the webage I was going to, and get mail and
whatever.

If I close the dialog box, I am suddenly "working offline" and I
have to go
to TOOLS and uncheck the "work offline" tab.


Describe the dialog better. E.g. do you have a Retry button too?
If so, use it instead of trying to close the dialog.



This happens a few times a day, not every time I am working online.
Using a standalone desktop computer, Vista Ultimate, IE7.
--
Amanda B


You could tell your ISP about it but this is normal AFAIK.
It just means that the link wasn't ready when IE needed it to be.

You could use ipconfig /all or the Network Diagnostics tool
to check the status of the adapter but I suspect it will always be too
late
and the link will be restarted. However, if those tools showed you a
statistic such as
remaining lease time for your IP address what would be more
interesting I think
would be to do those checks periodically and see if your symptom does
not
coincide with its elapse.

BTW this has more to do with your networking configuration and its
support by your OS. Cross-posting to Vista Networking for
convenience.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---