Internet connection times out after 10 min

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Barb

Hi,

I'm hoping someone can help me. I'm running Windows ME
and after trouble shooting a problem my internet
connection now times out after 10 mins.

I use cable and router and have checked those with my
laptop and it's only my ME system that this happens to.

It all started when I tried to install a program which
didn't install fully which caused a registry problem. I
retreated to an earlier version of my registry which
caused an AOL problem. I'm not sure whether or not the
system timed out at 10min but I don't think it did. I
really wasn't on very long as I was just checking AOL. I
could however use the internet but not AOL.


I uninstalled AOL and reinstalled it and it worked;
however it was at this time that I was staying on long
enough to notice that after some time I couldn't connect
to the internet unless I restarted my machine. Eventually
I discovered I can connect for 10 min. then I can't.

I've called Dell and they have done a number of things
with me none of which worked. In fact they've created
some other minor problems. I'm convinced it's something
in my registry since this seems to be where the first
problem was and because the 10 min connection is
consistent.

I've tried all the suggestions to fix or repair the
winsock but to no avail.

Does anyone have any suggestions?????????

I hope so.

Any way I appreciate whatever you can do.

Please post here or email me directly at (e-mail address removed)
 
I just went and looked and realized that Dell had me
reinstall IE 5.0 but it was happening on IE 6 before.
This is one of my new problems now.

Anyhow just wanted to update that

Thanks
Barb
 
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