98 2nd states I am not on line, when in fact I am

[ingramtl]

New here and hope this inquiry is in the right forum and techs at Alltel/DSL are of no help.
I am having a recurring, 4 out of ten times, message, that says I am not on the 'Net, when in fact I am. It asks me if I wish to work offline, or retry.
When I click on the retry, it opens up the site I am trying to access.

I have tried somedays without my anti-viral program, as well as my firewall, and still, these messages come up preventing me from access the 'net 20% of the time.

I am "running" 98 2nd, using Internet Explorer (Version 6.0.2800.1106)

Also running high DSL from Alltel with no proxies.

Does anyone have any ideas as to why this occurs as well as How I might remedey the situation as so I have constant access without those interruptions?
Thanks in advance

Terry Lee

 

[mattjurado]

In IE, go to Tools>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings. Uncheck everything here. If that doesn't help, go back to the connections page, run the internet connection wizard.

Matt J.

Please always take the time to backup any and all data before performing any actions suggested for ANY problem, regardless of how minor a change it might seem. Also test the backup to make sure it is intact.

 

[ingramtl]

Have done all that..three times..no fix. I have even taken the advice of the other person on the other forum page that told me to D/L "winsockfix.zip" which changed nothing as well.......thanks...next...?

 

[ingramtl]

Just to simplify things, here is the applet I get about 20 times a day and until I click on, "retry" I cannot access any sites.

If this does not come up, just go to:

http://greetings.123city.net/TempPictures/39114.gif

Thanks

 

[micker377]

You could try posting on the "Browser issues for the IT Professionals" Forum. Those guys know "everything you ever wanted to know"!