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XP Home, SP2. I've recently loaded AOL to a newer PC. I believe I have all
updates. The PC freezes every 5+ minutes for about 10 seconds, all the time.
It doesn't disconnect, just freezes. The DSL light on the modem flashes at
the same time and I get a Windows message up - Local Network - A cable is
unplugged. I've checked all connections many times.. As it's as regular as
clockwork I suspect some sort of timer involved. AOL have not been able to
help despite numerous suggestions including a hint to 'Disable Idle Timer'
but instructions were for W.98SE and did not seem to apply to XP.
This did not happen on my older PC running W.98SE although I got plenty of
disconnects. Some disconnects on this PC when mouse clicked but not as
frequent. PC has two HDD's and one is probably faulty. AOL loaded on the good
one..
updates. The PC freezes every 5+ minutes for about 10 seconds, all the time.
It doesn't disconnect, just freezes. The DSL light on the modem flashes at
the same time and I get a Windows message up - Local Network - A cable is
unplugged. I've checked all connections many times.. As it's as regular as
clockwork I suspect some sort of timer involved. AOL have not been able to
help despite numerous suggestions including a hint to 'Disable Idle Timer'
but instructions were for W.98SE and did not seem to apply to XP.
This did not happen on my older PC running W.98SE although I got plenty of
disconnects. Some disconnects on this PC when mouse clicked but not as
frequent. PC has two HDD's and one is probably faulty. AOL loaded on the good
one..