Re: Disconnecting From the Internet

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"TryingToHelp" <somewhere@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:...
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> "PT" <xyz@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> As a safety precaution, I want to be able to temporarily disconnect my
>> WinXP
>> Home computer from the internet while leaving it active for other uses.
>> My
>> first pass, following some Usenet advice was to create two DOS batch
>> files:
>>
>> net_off.bat
>> ipconfig /release
>> exit
>> and
>> net_on.bat
>> ipconfig /renew
>> exit
>>
>> However my ISP now tells me that these don't really disconnect my
>> computer,
>> but simply affect the IP address. He advised me that to do what I want,
>> I
>> should go to Settings|Network Connections|Local Area Connection. Then
>> right
>> click and select "Disable". Restoring would use the same process, but
>> right
>> clicking and selecting "Enable".
>>
>> Once again, for simplicity, I'd like to automate these steps with DOS
>> batch
>> files, or some other method if there is one.
>>
>> Suggestions are welcome.
>>
>> --
>> PT
>>
>>
>
>
> Try this.
> Go to Network Connections
> Right click and drag Local Area Connection to the desktop.
> Right click on the icon and select Disable
> Try to access the internet or mail.
> Right click on the icon and select Enable.
> Try to connect again.
>


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