Unfortunately, my ISP uses a foreign country for its call centre. They
have a set of questions they ask you - even if they are totally
irrelevant - and if you deviate even slightly from the script, as it
were, the staff are totally stumped. And woe betide you if you use
colloquial English! I am seriously considering changing my ISP for
that reason, but that`s another subject. Still, I may give them a
chance to redeem themselves and put this problem to them.

Kate

"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
You are accessing a different area when you access newsgroups, so
being able
to send and receive your email doesn't rule out problems with your
ISP.

"Kate" wrote in message
...
: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.
:
: ---
: 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
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