A network cable is unplugged.

[Guest]

This message comes up under the heading of Local Area Connection. It will
appear intermittantly during the use of the computer on the internet. This
will lead to Program Not Responding messages and the lock-up of the computer.
the only resolution is to Shut Down the computer at the Tower. When it is
turned on again the internet connection is just fine again until sometimes
soon, sometimes quite a while the whole process repeats. I have checked the
physical connections repeatedly, finding all secure. The computer is running
Windows XP Home, Microsoft updates are installed automatically, SP2 included.

Suggestions ??

Thank You

Tom.

 

[Elmo]

This message comes up under the heading of Local Area Connection. It will
appear intermittently during the use of the computer on the internet. This
will lead to Program Not Responding messages and the lock-up of the computer.
the only resolution is to Shut Down the computer at the Tower. When it is
turned on again the internet connection is just fine again until sometimes
soon, sometimes quite a while the whole process repeats. I have checked the
physical connections repeatedly, finding all secure. The computer is running
Windows XP Home, Microsoft updates are installed automatically, SP2 included.

Router? Cable or DSL? Maybe one of the devices is overheating, or just
failing..

 

[Poprivet]

This message comes up under the heading of Local Area Connection. It
will appear intermittantly during the use of the computer on the
internet. This will lead to Program Not Responding messages and the
lock-up of the computer. the only resolution is to Shut Down the
computer at the Tower. When it is turned on again the internet
connection is just fine again until sometimes soon, sometimes quite a
while the whole process repeats. I have checked the physical
connections repeatedly, finding all secure. The computer is running
Windows XP Home, Microsoft updates are installed automatically, SP2
included.

Suggestions ??

Thank You

Tom.

Not much help, but I can tell you that the "cable unplugged" is a serious
misnomer. It really means that for some reason one of the ports is unable
to receive or transmit data. It's like Program Not Responding, which
actually means the program isn't AVAILABLE to take any response at this
time, and often (not necessarily in this case) if you just wait, the program
finishes what it's doing, and that message "magically" goes away.

I think you'll have to provide more info on your setup to get much targetted
help for this.

Pop`

 

[w_tom]

This message comes up under the heading of Local Area Connection. It will
appear intermittantly during the use of the computer on the internet. ...
the only resolution is to Shut Down the computer at the Tower. When it is
turned on again the internet connection is just fine again until sometimes
soon, sometimes quite a while the whole process repeats. ...

Attempt first to find the problem. What does system (event) log
report? What does device manager report when NIC is working and when
it is not? What are the indicator lights reporting on NIC connection
and on router both before and when network connection is lost? What
happens when you ping to the router repeatedly (ping -t
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx is the IP address of the router or
anything after the router)? What happens when NIC hardware
diagnostics execute (the complictaions created by Windows removed)?

Answers to these questions begin the process of breaking a problem
down into parts and learning which parts do or do not work properly.
Or information posted so that replies can put forth useful replies.