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PC keeps losing internet connection UPDATED
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when you have lost internet connection , does software like msn or skype work ?Survey earnings total 2009 £417, 2010 £875, 2011 £5740
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I try to avoid MSn, so haven't tried sorry
, but Norton can't get through to symantec servers either.
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well try msn when you have the said problem. Cause I have a similar problem of the browsers stop loading pages but msn ,skype still work fine. Its a memory leak in the browsers thats causes it but noone seems to have a fixSurvey earnings total 2009 £417, 2010 £875, 2011 £5740
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The memory leak you speak of, Dave can that just appear from nowhere?
I've had no problems with this pc before now.
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well yep just seems randomly happen to the browsers. its annoying the hell out of me .Survey earnings total 2009 £417, 2010 £875, 2011 £5740
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:eek:that sounds !!!!, I am doomed to suffer this forever?
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well the solutions are to uninstall firefox apps that I never had, uninstall Norton which I never had, there seems to be something about Vista that is randomly self destructive,Survey earnings total 2009 £417, 2010 £875, 2011 £5740
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Let us know when it goes down then we'll know.
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I'm not running Vista, Dave it's XP here.
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.. and if you hover the cursor over it what does the text say? I'd expect it to say limited or no connectivity indicating it no longer has an IP (probably because the lease has expired) but it may say something else such as local only.MrsBartolozzi wrote: »Oh, and when it's not working there is no red X on the connection icon (that's what I meant by windows doesn't notice the disconnection).0
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