Maybe they can find a friendly geek in Spain to help them?
| Thanks Jim,
| I've been looking in control panel for some clue without
success. The same
| issue happens in England too so it cant be Spanish phone
line related. My
| parent come back to the uk in 4 weeks so I'll look again,
its just they are
| going crazy not being able to communicate with their
kiddywinks.
in message
| | >I doubt if a reinstall will fix the problem. A format
and
| > reinstall might since that would reset all the settings.
| > There could be a virus, or it could just be that there
is a
| > time out set or a disconnect on error, don't know, it
could
| > even be a Spanish telco issue with data on voice phone
| > lines.
| >
| > It could be auto-disconnect is set to some time that is
very
| > short, I always set mine to never disconnect.
| > Sorry I can't suggest any thing more useful than to look
at
| > everything on the device manager and the control panel
under
| > telephony and modems both.
| >
| > Have the phone line checked for noise and static, that
could
| > cause a disconnect too.
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| >
| >
| > | > | Hi Jim,
| > | I've just left Spain where they live so its a tad hard
to
| > see the settings.
| > | However, the modems disconnects when up/downloading
and
| > even did the same
| > | thing before the hard drive was formatted! Do you
still
| > think it could be a
| > | setting and if so where, surely not auto disconnect ?
| > | Thanks
| > |
| > | "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm>
wrote
| > in message
| > | | > | > Sounds like a setting is telling the modem to
disconnect
| > | > when not actively up/downloading. Check the
properties.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > The people think the Constitution protects their
rights;
| > | > But government sees it as an obstacle to be
overcome.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | > | > | My mum and dad have bought a laptop with a dial up
| > adaptor
| > | > type internet
| > | > | connection. However, the modem either cant connect
to
| > the
| > | > internet or
| > | > | disconnects within 30 seconds of connection, while
| > other
| > | > computers connected
| > | > | to the same isp, same phone line and even same
cable,
| > have
| > | > no problems. The
| > | > | other day I bought an external modem, hoping the
| > original
| > | > modem was dodgy
| > | > | but the same thing happens. I have defragmenter
the
| > hard
| > | > drive in case it
| > | > | has any effect but without success. The computer
has
| > | > previously been sent
| > | > | back the manufacturer and they reformatted the
hard
| > drive,
| > | > then reinstalled
| > | > | all the software, still without helping. Any ideas
| > what
| > | > could be the problem
| > | > | and do you wizards think the computer if flawed.
It is
| > a
| > | > Targa laptop amd
| > | > | 2600.
| > | > | Thanks chaps
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|
