Maureen:

Thanks for the trouble shooting tips and web site. I'll check them out.

Chuck

"Maureen Goldman" wrote in message
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"Chuck Block" wrote:
The speeds seem to be improved, for whatever reason this morning. One
thing
did occur that might be significant. The last two nights, the computer
would not shut down by clicking startturn off computerturn off buttons.
I
had to shut the computer down by pressing the power button for four
seconds.
When I started the computer in the mornings, the dialup would not connect
with ISP. I had to unplug the power cord for several seconds, plug it
back
in, start it back up again, and then it dialed in successfully and was
connected. The problem with having to unplug the power cord has been
going
on for several months. I talked to the ISP support but they don't have
any
ideas what is causing this to happen. What do you make out of this?

Have you tried the XP troubleshooter for startup and shutdown
problems? Located by looking in the index for troubleshooters. Also,
Kelly has a number of directions to explore with respect to that
problem in her a-z (s) area.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com