Re: "work offline" problem

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OE and IE share the Work Offline status, so you've got one problem.

Sounds like something is interfering with your Internet connection and
so IE/OE think that you've lost the Internet connection.

What type of connection do you have? Dial-up, cable, DSL, Wi-Fi?

Are you running a firewall? If so, whose?

And you should upgrade to XP SP2.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"JDoe" <JDoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eA42a6pDIHA.4712@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My Outlook Express v6 isn't behaving as I would like . . . I believe
the
#&^%$ problem (minor as it may be) started after I downloaded a google
toolbar but I may be wrong as to the timing. Anyway, the problem is --
that
without me doing anything -- the "work online" normal black typeface
changes
to "work offline" grayed-out typeface kicks-in. This is very annoying.
I
don't want to go "offline" w/ grayed-out typeface in my workspace!
This
happens as well in InternetExplorer v6 too. Again, the timing was, I
believe, when I installed a google toolbar . . . but I may be wrong.

In any event, what can I do to permanently stop both Outlook Express
v6 and
InternetExplorer v6 from going "offline?" In other words, I want to
remain
"online" with dark black typeface and not "offline" grayed-out
typeface.

In addition, there's a pop-up that, well, pops-up (out of nowhere it
seems)
after I've minimized either Outlook Express v6 window or Internet
Explorer
v6 window which inquires whether I want to "work offline" or not and
thereby
kicks-in that darned grayed-out typeface! Talk about ANNOYING!

H-E-L-P !

WinXP Home, SP 1

Thanks for your response.




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