I don`t think my ISP can be at fault, since, when I first open OE, if
I immediately click Send & Receive, there is no problem. However,
when I move to a NG up pops the message. I have taken to shouting
at the monitor : I DO have a connection, you stupid machine!
Doesn`t help, though...

Kate

"Ted Zieglar" wrote in message
...
This happens to me occasionally as well. In my case it's an ISP
issue. Comcast is known for this in my area.

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Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

Kate wrote:
When I access OE, the first time I click any newsgroup I subscribe
to,
I get the following message :

"Would you like to go offline?
No connection to the Internet is currently available.
To view Internet content that has been saved on your computer,
click
Work Offline. Click Try Again to attempt to connect."

If I click Try Again, I get through and can change to other
newsgroups
without a problem. I know that I am online, as I can send and
receive
emails and connect to Internet Explorer. If I close OE and then
open
it again almost immediately, the message doesn`t appear, but if I
don`t open OE again for a while, back it comes again.

The same thing happened last year and I was given lots of advice by
this NG. Fortunately, I saved the whole thread and was able to try
the various suggestions, like checking Registry to see if both
"LoadSens" and "LoadLCE" are set to auto, which they are. I made
sure
that the news accounts are set to use any available connection and
I
changed the Auto setting in DNS Client to Manual and stopped the
service, but that didn`t work either.

I have been trying to trace exactly when the problem first arose,
and
it could have been after I cancelled a message on a news server,
although that may be a coincidence. However, I unsubscribed to all
the newsgroups listed, confirmed that their .dbx files had been
removed, and then re-subscribed, just in case, but I still get this
most irritating message. I am now out of ideas, and hope that
someone
can tell me what has gone wrong, and how to correct it, please.

Incidentally, I have an ADSL router, Windows XP Home, and I
regularly
download Windows Updates.

Many thanks
Kate