Avoiding time-outs (dial-up) "Cooter" <cooter[ at ]yahoo.com> 6/23/2007 2:50:16 PM My friend is a new computer user, a slow typist and gets clobbered with time-outs on occasion. Is there a setting in Outlook Express or even a third-party utility to prevent this? Thanks for any help.

Re: Avoiding time-outs (dial-up) "Unknown" <unknown[ at ]unknown.kom> 6/23/2007 3:05:36 PM Look at dial-up settings. There is usually a setting to 'hang-up' after idle for x seconds. Set it for never. "Cooter" <cooter[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote in message news:467d3416$0$12233$4c368faf[ at ]roadrunner.com... [Quoted Text] > My friend is a new computer user, a slow typist and gets clobbered with > time-outs on occasion. Is there a setting in Outlook Express or even a > third-party utility to prevent this? > > Thanks for any help. > >

Re: Avoiding time-outs (dial-up) "Allan" <mu8ja0i[ at ]earthlink.net> 6/23/2007 10:19:41 PM "Cooter" <cooter[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote in message news:467d3416$0$12233$4c368faf[ at ]roadrunner.com... [Quoted Text] > My friend is a new computer user, a slow typist and gets clobbered with > time-outs on occasion. Is there a setting in Outlook Express or even a > third-party utility to prevent this? > > Thanks for any help. > > The dial-up ISP may have its own timeout setting; check any software that the ISP provides that may allow you to modify their timeout settings.

Re: Avoiding time-outs (dial-up) "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders[ at ]mvps.org> 6/25/2007 2:42:31 AM "Cooter" <cooter[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote in message news:467d3416$0$12233$4c368faf[ at ]roadrunner.com... [Quoted Text] > My friend is a new computer user, a slow typist and gets clobbered with > time-outs on occasion. Is there a setting in Outlook Express or even a > third-party utility to prevent this? > > Thanks for any help. > > Tools | Options | Connection | Change | Settings | Advanced Settings Uncheck "Disconnect if idle ...". -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM Do not send mail.