Re: Help & Support - Did you know?

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Thanks, M and D......
As you stated, I'm not missing much as I had never noticed it there
before this thread. My trips to Help normally went directly to the Index or
Search. Also, as you mentioned, the solutions presented on the Web and in
Groups are not consistently successful. The following is one that I have
not yet tested on my machine:
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I've observed this always happens with broadband connection. When I
connected to internet using dial-up, Help and Support could connect to the
internet and download the news block XML files (2 XML files will be
downloaded, and then merged based one some criteria) and the "Did you know?"
updated correctly. "Did you know?" actually reflects what;s in the XML file.

When using broadband (ADSL), I changed the value "EnableAutodial" to 1 in
this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings

This works sometime, but not consistent.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
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Hope it works for you, Terrytubby...........I'll post back with my
results.
Heirloom, old and don't
miss much
"M and D" <m_and_d@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:oMWdncrOz5I3f6fZnZ2dnUVZ_tWdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Did you know" was broken on some comfigurations after SP 2. I have the same
problem. Different solutions have been published on the web and in
newsgroups, but they don't always work.

This is just one of a small number number of Windows features that became
broken for some configurations after SP 2. Fortunately, it's just a minor
annoyance. From what I remember from the days when "Did you know" was
working, we're not really missing anything.

Steven

"Terrytubby" <terrytubby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uHrbZpOXGHA.3808@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Just an annoyance really.

I have looked at the help page and under Did you know? it says that I have
not got an internet connection, yet a machine sitting next to it through
the
same router comes up with headings!

Is there something that needs to be tweaked to get it to work. BTW I'm on
a
cable network.

Thanks

--
Terry

A reply is always appreciated, even if it's to say I was wrong!




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