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hey there, my internet has been playing up lately. it says its conected, but now and then msn will sign out, all downloads will stop, its like its being disconnected then coming back on. but its not?

30 secs later its back to normal.

this is veryyyy annoying when doing long downloads/playing games etc.

plz help!

cheers,

-Rohan

Have you checked with your ISP to see if they are having issues?

If you are on dial up. and are using the xp dial up icon, double click on it. Select Properties -->then up at the top click on Options.

You'll see "idle time" set to 20 minutes. Set it to "never" and click OK. You should be all set.

hey there, nah im on broadband and i have no idle time. it doesnt actually disconnect.. i believe the packets stop coming for a fixed moment of time or something? any viruses or anything that do this? ill do a scan tonight, cheers.