IE stops working after 10 mins

[Stuart Corey]

Hi

I keep posting this problem but never get a reply. PLEASE
can someone help as this is driving me nuts!

I use IE6 with Microsoft Me. For the last few weeks
whenever I use IE it works fine for 10 minutes but then
simply refuses to work anymore. I have to restart
everytime and it's getting very annoying!

I've tried Scandisk, degrag, clean disk.
Also used AdAware, Spybot, Hijack This and various virus
checkers but they never find anything and if they do (eg.
find a pop-up program) they delete it but my problem
continues!

Thanks.

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Stuart

Are you on dial-up or broadband-cable-DSL? You might check the following
and see if it helps, even if you are not getting the message:

Auto-Disconnect

Most versions of Windows will have an option that will disconnect the
computer from the Internet after a certain amount of time the system has
been idle while on the Internet. This is referred to as the Idle Disconnect
feature. When this occurs, the system will bring up a warning to let you
know that "the connection has been idle for X amount of time, would you like
to stay online" and then give you the option to stay connected or
disconnect. While this can be a nifty feature, many find this to be a
nuisance. Here's how to disable this feature:

Click on the START button, Go to SETTINGS, and then click on CONTROL PANEL
Double-click on the INTERNET or INTERNET OPTIONS icon
If you had the INTERNET icon, click on the tab that says CONNECTION, then
look in the middle of the window. There will be a checkbox that says
"Disconnect if idle for ." and put a check in this box. Then press OK and
the Idle Disconnect feature should be disabled.

If you had the INTERNET OPTIONS icon, click on the tab that says CONNECTION,
then look for a button labeled SETTINGS on the right-hand side. In the next
window that comes up, look at the bottom portion for "Dial-up settings" and
on the right, click on the ADVANCED button. In the next window that appears,
here will be a checkbox that says "Disconnect if idle for.". Click on this
box to place a check in it, then press OK until no more OK buttons are
displayed on the screen. The Idle Disconnect feature should now be disabled.

You might also try resetting your modem.

also...........

Internet Explorer Tips
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/ie_tips.htm


If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.

Hope this helps

Jan
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[Guest]

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I've had trouble with
your suggestions. The button labelled 'Settings' is greyed
out so I cannot click on it.

I'm on broadband using a wireless router. But, I was
having this problem a few weeks ago when I was still on
dial-up too.