Re: dial-up modem stops responding continuously

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From: Jym (_at_home)
Date: 06/08/04 

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:03:34 -0700

First thing ... you do not want to turn off the firewall , bad move. If
various modems do the same thing , you may have a virus / trojan that is
causing this , scan for viruses. Jym

"danpa" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DBBEA7F5-69BD-4E53-8A5D-E9F82C0D944E@microsoft.com...
> Since getting XP my dial -up modem stops responding after a few minutes on
the net.I disconnect from my ISP and reconnect.It works again for a few
minutes or so and stopps responding again.My little screens are still up in
the taskbar but not flashing,the status of my connection shows that I am
still connected also but nothing works until I disconnect from my ISP and
reconnect.Internet firewall is shut off.

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