Consider the possibility the firewall might be locking things up. I believe 
some firewalls are set to lock down after a certain period of inactivity. 
Perhaps it is getting confused?

At any rate, because the issue occurs in both IE and Mozilla, you obviously 
have to consider other possibilities. After internet times out, momentarily 
shut down the firewall and attempt to access a safe site. If access is 
allowed, you have narrowed down the possibilities. And, don't forget to 
immediately restart the firewall, regardless of the results.

William Closure


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PCSOFT automatic digest system" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Date:    Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:38:04 -0600
> From:    Reggkay <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Internet timing out
>
> Hi,
>
> A friend of mine is having problems with her laptop computer.  I told her 
> I
> would take her problem to the experts!
>
>
>
> Dell Latitude
>
> Hard drive:  40G   Free space: 9.94
>
> File system:  Fat 32
>
> Windows XP pro
>
> Ram:  512 gb
>
>
>
> The problem is that after she establishes a dial up internet connection 
> and
> surfs for a while (approx. 20 min.).  She starts getting the 'cannot 
> display
> this page' or 'cannot find server page'.
>
> Things she has done:
>
> She has dumped the cache file, the cookies file, and the history file.
> Reduced the time that all of those things were kept.  They thought the
> problem could be Internet Explorer so they downloaded Firefox.  However, 
> it
> also happens with Firefox.  We ran a diagnostic on the modem (56k Z.90 
> mini
> pci modem) and everything came back normal.
>
> If she connects wirelessly to high speed internet this problem does not
> happen.  Unfortunately high speed is not available where she lives.
>
> Any ideas for further steps?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Regina Long 

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