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Old December 27th 03, 05:04 PM
Maureen Goldman
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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
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Old December 27th 03, 05:05 PM
Chuck Block
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Tom:

Sorry for not being up on the acronyms, such as BTW, and I thought they were
an integral part of the other letters like AT&F, etc.

I connected a telephone line directly from the computer to the gray box jack
and tested. I have a reading of 21600, which is the same thing as this
morning.

I have not had the opportunity to try the Hyperterminal before getting the
internet running. I'll try the first thing tomorrow morning and see what
happens.

Chuck


"w_tom" wrote in message
...
Do you even have to unplug power cord to get Hyperterminal
to work? How does Hyperterminal fail is the power cord is not
temporarily disconnected - what are the failure messages and
symptoms.

BTW - By The Way
IOW - In Other Words
OTOH - On The Other Hand
WYWHN - Wish You Were Here... Not - don't use this one in
preferred company.

21.6K is slow. Lets get much of the peripheral problems out
of the picture. Inside the Network Interface Device, a gray
box where the telco wire meets your wires, is a phone plug.
That phone plug connects your interior wires to their wires.
Unplug that phone plug and connect a long telephone line from
your computer directly to that phone jack.

Now do your testing. This will test only your computer on
only their wires.

BTW, that NID (premise interface box) is also the 'whole
house' surge protector provided free by the telco for your
phone lines. That protector is why the NID has a 10 AWG wire
connecting box to earth ground - just another way of
identifying the NID and what it does.

Chuck Block wrote:
Tom:
I finally had some time to work on this. I followed your directives,
mostly, and entered AT&FATL3ATDT2664038 and it dialed in and connect

is
21600. I ran this 4-5 times and consistently got the 21600 reading. I

can
not figure out how to use the BTW that you mentioned.

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?



  #48  
Old December 27th 03, 05:05 PM
Chuck Block
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Maureen:

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

Chuck

"Maureen Goldman" wrote in message
...
"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



 




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