Logging off Internet - have to re-initialize??

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Zardoz

Windows XP home.

When logging off of the Internet, you press "start", then you have a
choice of "Log Off" or "Turn Off Computer". I log on and off the
Internet several times a day, but I want to keep the computer going
and do something offline.. The only way to I know how to do this is
choose "Log Off" after pressing "Start".

It's logs you off fine, but then you've got to press on your account
name, and your software installs again as if you're in the later
stages of starting the computer up from being turned off.

I'm the only one who uses this computer - is there any way to avoid
having to re-start my software after logging off of the Internet? Why
can't the software just hang up the phone and put me back to the start
screen?
 
Zardoz said:
Windows XP home.

When logging off of the Internet, you press "start", then you have a
choice of "Log Off" or "Turn Off Computer". I log on and off the
Internet several times a day, but I want to keep the computer going
and do something offline.. The only way to I know how to do this is
choose "Log Off" after pressing "Start".

It's logs you off fine, but then you've got to press on your account
name, and your software installs again as if you're in the later
stages of starting the computer up from being turned off.

I'm the only one who uses this computer - is there any way to avoid
having to re-start my software after logging off of the Internet? Why
can't the software just hang up the phone and put me back to the start
screen?
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Hi Zardoz,
The Taskbar & Menu menu, from Start, is where the start/log on & off
preferences are set up.
At the top of the page at File, press 'work off line', to break the internet
connection, and 'work online' to reconnected to the net.
As you are the only user you can set the pc up to have no password, and
after initial turn on, it would only go to screen saver if this is what you
want, till you want to turn off the pc finally.
 
When you click "work offline" is DOES NOT disconnect your internet
connection. Click once on the connection in the task bar, which should bring
up the connection status window and click "disconnect" to close the
connection. You DO NOT need to log off and back on again as your user name.
 
Its only me said:
When you click "work offline" is DOES NOT disconnect your internet
connection. Click once on the connection in the task bar, which should bring
up the connection status window and click "disconnect" to close the
connection. You DO NOT need to log off and back on again as your user name.
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Hello 'Its only me'
Thank you for the enlightenment.
Could you please explain in more detail what 'working off line' actually
does then ?.
An icon appears at the bottom toolbar, as a computer with a red circle with
a white cross on it.
If the pc is not 'off line ', what is then happening when the button is
'working offline' is pressed.?
Rob.
 
Rob said:
Hello 'Its only me'
Thank you for the enlightenment.
Could you please explain in more detail what 'working off line'
actually does then ?.
An icon appears at the bottom toolbar, as a computer with a red
circle with a white cross on it.
If the pc is not 'off line ', what is then happening when the button
is 'working offline' is pressed.?
Rob.
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It tells IE and OE not to try to retrieve anything from the Internet. This
is particularly useful in Outlook Express before compacting to prvent OE
from trying to download anything to a folder while the folder is being
compacted, which can lead to a lost folder.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Reply to Newsgroup. I won't answer email
Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
 
Rob;
What Frank said. Plus if you have Netscape, for example, you
could still get online with that.
===
Start | Run | Type: cmd | OK
Type: netstat -an | ENTER
Open IE or OE and click: Work Offline.
Minimize IE or OE.
In the Command window, again | type netstat -an | ENTER
 
Frank Saunders said:
It tells IE and OE not to try to retrieve anything from the Internet. This
is particularly useful in Outlook Express before compacting to prvent OE
from trying to download anything to a folder while the folder is being
compacted, which can lead to a lost folder.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Reply to Newsgroup. I won't answer email
Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
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Thanks Guy's for the info, it had me fooled in thinking it did the obvious,
but not so.
Rob.
 
When you click "work offline" is DOES NOT disconnect your internet
connection. Click once on the connection in the task bar, which should bring
up the connection status window and click "disconnect" to close the
connection. You DO NOT need to log off and back on again as your user name.
Click to expand...

Thanks. Works like a charm. I can either choose "disconnect", which
still has my ISP's top screen task bar enabled, or I can just close my
ISPs little icon altogether & it disconnects too plus, get's rid of
the top screen task bar.

I've been putting my computer through a lot of stress all this time..
 
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