i.e. must die

I.E. must die..... Everytime I log on to the internet:it allows me on for 1 or so minutes then it cuts me off(aka disconnects me). But peoplepc shows me still on( a clich in their program because before it would do it, I would have to ctrl alt del it ). Why does this happen?(the disconnecting part) And how to fix it? On my phone it has a light and if someone hangs up it blinks red. And everytime when the internet disconnects me it does this and never before when I would disconnect myself would the light blink! This is what I have done to try to solve it::::

1. virus scanned it
2. tried to reinstall it but of course it cut me off
3. Scanned it with ad-aware
4. threatened my computer with silicon hell

I figure it might be a trojan/viruse/worm? or someother program conflicting with it or and internal problem, something within the cpu tower? Any ideas?! Right now I'm on my schools computer.

Have you tried another browser? Get someone to download mozilla or firefox or opera and try that out.

Maybe the phone is causing the problem? Disconnecting your internet connection, not IE?

Try unplugging your phone and see if that was the problem?

I know it is my internet connection not i.e. but I''ve had many problems with i.e. that caused simular problems. A different browser might be a good idea but I should not have to get a new one just because of this. I'll try the phone. Do you think someone is tapping me? Or phreaking off of me. Mybe just paranoid! well I'll try this when I get home thanx

Try testing the service with hyper-terminal, like this: http://www.ilstu.edu/helpdesk/techsu...terminal.shtml

Also, it would be a good idea to try another browser to help rule out, or confirm, that IE is the problem. Perhaps Netscape is already installed or can be installed from your Windows CD.

If all else fails, you can always try tech-support at your ISP. Chances are they deal with this type of problem all the time.

:)

Sounds like a Layer1 problem....
Just joking, but give us more details.
Dial up or broadband connection?
Are you using filters?
How many other devices are hooked up to your phoneline?
Is a PBX involved?
Are your internet options correctly configured?
Is IE your default browser?
Do you have the relevant drivers installed, if needed?
Modem type?
Faulty modem?
Platform & OS?
Hardware?
Bad phone wiring?
US or Europe?

The more info you can supply, the better chance of helping you.
You need to be able to eliminate the variables one at a time, until you can pinpoint
the problem. Maybe you could get a friend with a lap-top and known working config to hook up to your line. Many lap-tops come with built-in dial up modems. But still, we just don't have sufficient info...

g8way2u

lowdown::

dail-up
no filters
i.e default
HP-win98
US of f-ing A
One phone is hooked up at least in my room- one phone line for whole house!

The problem is that I had this set up for about a little over a year now. And all of the sudden this starts!

Did you recently install any updates or software?

I would remove and reload the drivers for my modem.

Uninstall and reinstall your ISPs config setup.

Probably going to be corrupt drivers because its sending signals that your phone is picking up that it didn't use to. Just a guess though.

Well now, I would start trouble shooting it from a much simpler angle. Change your physical phone line, and check your connections. Check with the others in the house to find out if anyone has put some kind of answering machine or other electronic devices on the line.
You can also pick up an extension and physicaly listnen to the line as the computer comes on, and that will let you know if the line itself is dropping.

One note about changing browsers...

He is using PeoplePC online. A discount provider... Many discount providers (NetZero, Juno, whatever) are uniquely tied to IE. Although any browser can be used once connected, IE is still what comes up when the connection is initiated.

This of course only apllies to ISP that provide their own unique PPP dialers.

Check your phone line to make sure it's not bad quality. You can't have a good quality connection if you have a bad quality phone line, for dial-up or DSL. Did you check all your Dial-Up Network connections settings? Maybe there's a bad setting in there? Did you update recently? Or, for that matter, not update for a while? Did you call your ISP support line to make sure it wasn't something on their end? Does it only when you use Internet Explorer, or even if it's not running?

Peace

MB

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On my phone it has a light and if someone hangs up it blinks red. And everytime when the internet disconnects me it does this and never before when I would disconnect myself would the light blink!

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I was going to recommend you get a copy of hijackthis and post the log here.. that is utill I re-read the above....

Connect your Computer to annother wall socket..I am assuming that you have a wall socket in your room and not at the end of maze of extension leads and splitters and couplers .. The flashing Light (I suspect) flashes when the phone rings ..right? now why it didn't do this when you disconnected from your ISP before is strange..
Could someone else in the house be playing a joke on you?
HAve you Tried a new cable between the Modem and the Wall socket..
When you are on the phone .. do you hear clicks or pops. or a crackling noises?
We still need to check that something in your machine isn't causing it to disconnect.. so HJT is now recommended..

As for the PeoplePC prog.. there is no accounting for poor quality programming..

please not what I have just written has already been sujested.. I have just reworded..

Cheers

I am sick and tired of heading about HiJack This. That program is not the *new* jesus. Don't waste time reading logs that are confusing, pointless, and possibly dangerous to alter even if you know what you are doing. Use spybot or adaware to remove spyware, trojans, and jacked software. Why do I recommend it over that bedamned HiJack this program? Because spybot and adaware recognizes WHAT IS SPYWARE ALREADY.

Call waiting or someone just picking up the phone will knock some modems off.

I went to Broadband, and as a backup ? I left the old dial up modem in and connected !!!!
result : everytime the phone rang, the system crashed. Solution : introduced the dial up modem to Mr bin !!
for my thoughts : my initial take is the connection, so, start with the wiring. As it is a dial up, listen to the unit beeping away as the speed synch handshake occurs. Do you have another sys in the household, with IE, but a different ISP ?? work through the physical before you go to the S/Ware.

edit< posted same time as Kurt, but at least the fault is gone. > end edit

*Just got home and kicking myself* I just recently installed some ram and must have messed up my connecting cable to the modem, so it was a problem inside my puter tower like I guessed before. So everything works now, and feel like a moron. Thanks for you help. My phone blinks green when someone calls and when someone hangs up it blinks red. Its a 4.00 ratshack(radioshack) phone! No I don't think hijack this is the Jesus. It might be the anti-christ since Neo was/is the one. lol/jk As far as kicking me off with call waiting don't have it here at my house but I wistle into my phone and it knocks me off and even calls at&t for me!

when I was in the hell of dialup in a rural setting, whenever they would change something on teh poles I.E. someone added a line up the street etc, it would make our line quality go down because our equipment was all old on our street. The phone company was out all the time, trying to correct the line quality. Ours was bad enough to hear the static.
Line noise will cause EXACTLY what you are talking about. and since it came on suddenly, Id suggest something changed in your neighborhood phone lines. Seen the trucks around lately?