>Perhaps someone can help me with this. My main computer (hooked up to a router) lately disconnects from the web after IE has been idle for a short while. The other two computers conneted to the same router never disconnect. I get the message when opening IE something like 'not conneted, Try Again, or Work offline' I can just hit the Try Again button and it will quickly connect again.
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>Anyone have a clue how to fix this.
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>I am using WinXP Pro, IE 6.x, Belkin router, router connected to cable modem, etc. At one time this computer was hooked up wirelessly, but now I use a cable.

If the wireless network adapter in your computer is still installed and active, for test purposes try disabling it in Device Manager.

Also, these days if you ever get anything weird going on with network connections it's a good idea to run a full AV scan and also scan your system with at least 2 different antispyware apps such as Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy.