"work offline" problem
 

My Outlook Express v6 isn't behaving as I would like . . . I believe the
#&^%$ problem (minor as it may be) started after I downloaded a google
toolbar but I may be wrong as to the timing. Anyway, the problem is -- that
without me doing anything -- the "work online" normal black typeface changes
to "work offline" grayed-out typeface kicks-in. This is very annoying. I
don't want to go "offline" w/ grayed-out typeface in my workspace! This
happens as well in InternetExplorer v6 too. Again, the timing was, I
believe, when I installed a google toolbar . . . but I may be wrong.

In any event, what can I do to permanently stop both Outlook Express v6 and
InternetExplorer v6 from going "offline?" In other words, I want to remain
"online" with dark black typeface and not "offline" grayed-out typeface.

In addition, there's a pop-up that, well, pops-up (out of nowhere it seems)
after I've minimized either Outlook Express v6 window or Internet Explorer
v6 window which inquires whether I want to "work offline" or not and thereby
kicks-in that darned grayed-out typeface! Talk about ANNOYING!

H-E-L-P !

WinXP Home, SP 1

Thanks for your response.

"work offline" problem
 

OE and IE share the Work Offline status, so you've got one problem.

Sounds like something is interfering with your Internet connection and
so IE/OE think that you've lost the Internet connection.

What type of connection do you have? Dial-up, cable, DSL, Wi-Fi?

Are you running a firewall? If so, whose?

And you should upgrade to XP SP2.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"JDoe" wrote in message
...
My Outlook Express v6 isn't behaving as I would like . . . I believe
the
#&^%$ problem (minor as it may be) started after I downloaded a google
toolbar but I may be wrong as to the timing. Anyway, the problem is --
that
without me doing anything -- the "work online" normal black typeface
changes
to "work offline" grayed-out typeface kicks-in. This is very annoying.
I
don't want to go "offline" w/ grayed-out typeface in my workspace!
This
happens as well in InternetExplorer v6 too. Again, the timing was, I
believe, when I installed a google toolbar . . . but I may be wrong.

In any event, what can I do to permanently stop both Outlook Express
v6 and
InternetExplorer v6 from going "offline?" In other words, I want to
remain
"online" with dark black typeface and not "offline" grayed-out
typeface.

In addition, there's a pop-up that, well, pops-up (out of nowhere it
seems)
after I've minimized either Outlook Express v6 window or Internet
Explorer
v6 window which inquires whether I want to "work offline" or not and
thereby
kicks-in that darned grayed-out typeface! Talk about ANNOYING!

H-E-L-P !

WinXP Home, SP 1

Thanks for your response.

"work offline" problem
 

Ooops. Sorry. I forgot to include that I am disconnected from the internet
when this stuff occurs. I'm wondering if an auto "up-date" from Microsoft
could be the culprit? In any event, I'd sure like to kill this "work
offline" gray-out stuff in both IE6 and OE6 including that darned pop-up.
No big thing but "work offline" sure can be annoying.

Yes, maybe I should upgrade to XP SP2 but have not done so as yet.

Thanks for your immediate response, Mike.

Regards.


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
OE and IE share the Work Offline status, so you've got one problem.

Sounds like something is interfering with your Internet connection and
so IE/OE think that you've lost the Internet connection.

What type of connection do you have? Dial-up, cable, DSL, Wi-Fi?

Are you running a firewall? If so, whose?

And you should upgrade to XP SP2.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"JDoe" wrote in message
...
My Outlook Express v6 isn't behaving as I would like . . . I believe
the
#&^%$ problem (minor as it may be) started after I downloaded a google
toolbar but I may be wrong as to the timing. Anyway, the problem is --
that
without me doing anything -- the "work online" normal black typeface
changes
to "work offline" grayed-out typeface kicks-in. This is very annoying.
I
don't want to go "offline" w/ grayed-out typeface in my workspace!
This
happens as well in InternetExplorer v6 too. Again, the timing was, I
believe, when I installed a google toolbar . . . but I may be wrong.

In any event, what can I do to permanently stop both Outlook Express
v6 and
InternetExplorer v6 from going "offline?" In other words, I want to
remain
"online" with dark black typeface and not "offline" grayed-out
typeface.

In addition, there's a pop-up that, well, pops-up (out of nowhere it
seems)
after I've minimized either Outlook Express v6 window or Internet
Explorer
v6 window which inquires whether I want to "work offline" or not and
thereby
kicks-in that darned grayed-out typeface! Talk about ANNOYING!

H-E-L-P !

WinXP Home, SP 1

Thanks for your response.

"work offline" problem
 

If you try to send or receive in OE either manually or have OE set to
check for messages every xx minutes (Tools, Options, General) and you
aren't connected to the Internet, and OE isn't set to dial automatically
(Tools, Accounts, Mail, Properties, Connections) then you will
automatically get switched to Work Offline in both OE and IE and won't
be able to work online again until you establish a connection.

The same thing can happen if you have IE open to a page that does some
automatic refreshing and you don't have an open connection and IE isn't
set to automatically dial (Tools, Internet Options, Connection)

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"JDoe" wrote in message
...
Ooops. Sorry. I forgot to include that I am disconnected from the
internet
when this stuff occurs. I'm wondering if an auto "up-date" from
Microsoft
could be the culprit? In any event, I'd sure like to kill this "work
offline" gray-out stuff in both IE6 and OE6 including that darned
pop-up.
No big thing but "work offline" sure can be annoying.

Yes, maybe I should upgrade to XP SP2 but have not done so as yet.

Thanks for your immediate response, Mike.

Regards.


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
OE and IE share the Work Offline status, so you've got one problem.

Sounds like something is interfering with your Internet connection
and
so IE/OE think that you've lost the Internet connection.

What type of connection do you have? Dial-up, cable, DSL, Wi-Fi?

Are you running a firewall? If so, whose?

And you should upgrade to XP SP2.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"JDoe" wrote in message
...
My Outlook Express v6 isn't behaving as I would like . . . I
believe
the
#&^%$ problem (minor as it may be) started after I downloaded a
google
toolbar but I may be wrong as to the timing. Anyway, the problem
is --
that
without me doing anything -- the "work online" normal black
typeface
changes
to "work offline" grayed-out typeface kicks-in. This is very
annoying.
I
don't want to go "offline" w/ grayed-out typeface in my workspace!
This
happens as well in InternetExplorer v6 too. Again, the timing was,
I
believe, when I installed a google toolbar . . . but I may be
wrong.

In any event, what can I do to permanently stop both Outlook
Express
v6 and
InternetExplorer v6 from going "offline?" In other words, I want
to
remain
"online" with dark black typeface and not "offline" grayed-out
typeface.

In addition, there's a pop-up that, well, pops-up (out of nowhere
it
seems)
after I've minimized either Outlook Express v6 window or Internet
Explorer
v6 window which inquires whether I want to "work offline" or not
and
thereby
kicks-in that darned grayed-out typeface! Talk about ANNOYING!

H-E-L-P !

WinXP Home, SP 1

Thanks for your response.

"work offline" problem
 

You may have a look at tools..options..connections tab and be sure 'Hang up
after sending and receiving ' is not checked.

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
If you try to send or receive in OE either manually or have OE set to
check for messages every xx minutes (Tools, Options, General) and you
aren't connected to the Internet, and OE isn't set to dial automatically
(Tools, Accounts, Mail, Properties, Connections) then you will
automatically get switched to Work Offline in both OE and IE and won't be
able to work online again until you establish a connection.

The same thing can happen if you have IE open to a page that does some
automatic refreshing and you don't have an open connection and IE isn't
set to automatically dial (Tools, Internet Options, Connection)

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"JDoe" wrote in message
...
Ooops. Sorry. I forgot to include that I am disconnected from the
internet
when this stuff occurs. I'm wondering if an auto "up-date" from
Microsoft
could be the culprit? In any event, I'd sure like to kill this "work
offline" gray-out stuff in both IE6 and OE6 including that darned pop-up.
No big thing but "work offline" sure can be annoying.

Yes, maybe I should upgrade to XP SP2 but have not done so as yet.

Thanks for your immediate response, Mike.

Regards.


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
OE and IE share the Work Offline status, so you've got one problem.

Sounds like something is interfering with your Internet connection and
so IE/OE think that you've lost the Internet connection.

What type of connection do you have? Dial-up, cable, DSL, Wi-Fi?

Are you running a firewall? If so, whose?

And you should upgrade to XP SP2.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"JDoe" wrote in message
...
My Outlook Express v6 isn't behaving as I would like . . . I believe
the
#&^%$ problem (minor as it may be) started after I downloaded a google
toolbar but I may be wrong as to the timing. Anyway, the problem is --
that
without me doing anything -- the "work online" normal black typeface
changes
to "work offline" grayed-out typeface kicks-in. This is very annoying.
I
don't want to go "offline" w/ grayed-out typeface in my workspace!
This
happens as well in InternetExplorer v6 too. Again, the timing was, I
believe, when I installed a google toolbar . . . but I may be wrong.

In any event, what can I do to permanently stop both Outlook Express
v6 and
InternetExplorer v6 from going "offline?" In other words, I want to
remain
"online" with dark black typeface and not "offline" grayed-out
typeface.

In addition, there's a pop-up that, well, pops-up (out of nowhere it
seems)
after I've minimized either Outlook Express v6 window or Internet
Explorer
v6 window which inquires whether I want to "work offline" or not and
thereby
kicks-in that darned grayed-out typeface! Talk about ANNOYING!

H-E-L-P !

WinXP Home, SP 1

Thanks for your response.

"work offline" problem
 

Okay. OE was set to receive messages every XX minutes and I didn't have it
set to dial automatically. I've now disabled the option to receive messages
every XX minutes.

Thanks for your help, Michael. I'll see if this works and let the group
know at that time.


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
If you try to send or receive in OE either manually or have OE set to
check for messages every xx minutes (Tools, Options, General) and you
aren't connected to the Internet, and OE isn't set to dial automatically
(Tools, Accounts, Mail, Properties, Connections) then you will
automatically get switched to Work Offline in both OE and IE and won't
be able to work online again until you establish a connection.

The same thing can happen if you have IE open to a page that does some
automatic refreshing and you don't have an open connection and IE isn't
set to automatically dial (Tools, Internet Options, Connection)

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"JDoe" wrote in message
...
Ooops. Sorry. I forgot to include that I am disconnected from the
internet
when this stuff occurs. I'm wondering if an auto "up-date" from
Microsoft
could be the culprit? In any event, I'd sure like to kill this "work
offline" gray-out stuff in both IE6 and OE6 including that darned
pop-up.
No big thing but "work offline" sure can be annoying.

Yes, maybe I should upgrade to XP SP2 but have not done so as yet.

Thanks for your immediate response, Mike.

Regards.


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
OE and IE share the Work Offline status, so you've got one problem.

Sounds like something is interfering with your Internet connection
and
so IE/OE think that you've lost the Internet connection.

What type of connection do you have? Dial-up, cable, DSL, Wi-Fi?

Are you running a firewall? If so, whose?

And you should upgrade to XP SP2.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"JDoe" wrote in message
...
My Outlook Express v6 isn't behaving as I would like . . . I
believe
the
#&^%$ problem (minor as it may be) started after I downloaded a
google
toolbar but I may be wrong as to the timing. Anyway, the problem
is --
that
without me doing anything -- the "work online" normal black
typeface
changes
to "work offline" grayed-out typeface kicks-in. This is very
annoying.
I
don't want to go "offline" w/ grayed-out typeface in my workspace!
This
happens as well in InternetExplorer v6 too. Again, the timing was,
I
believe, when I installed a google toolbar . . . but I may be
wrong.

In any event, what can I do to permanently stop both Outlook
Express
v6 and
InternetExplorer v6 from going "offline?" In other words, I want
to
remain
"online" with dark black typeface and not "offline" grayed-out
typeface.

In addition, there's a pop-up that, well, pops-up (out of nowhere
it
seems)
after I've minimized either Outlook Express v6 window or Internet
Explorer
v6 window which inquires whether I want to "work offline" or not
and
thereby
kicks-in that darned grayed-out typeface! Talk about ANNOYING!

H-E-L-P !

WinXP Home, SP 1

Thanks for your response.

"work offline" problem
 

Yup. Did that. And it was not set to "hang up after . . . " however, I'm
trying what Michael Santovec has suggested and will report the results.

Thanks for your input, Ricky.


"Ricky" wrote in message
...
You may have a look at tools..options..connections tab and be sure 'Hang
up
after sending and receiving ' is not checked.

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
If you try to send or receive in OE either manually or have OE set to
check for messages every xx minutes (Tools, Options, General) and you
aren't connected to the Internet, and OE isn't set to dial automatically
(Tools, Accounts, Mail, Properties, Connections) then you will
automatically get switched to Work Offline in both OE and IE and won't
be
able to work online again until you establish a connection.

The same thing can happen if you have IE open to a page that does some
automatic refreshing and you don't have an open connection and IE isn't
set to automatically dial (Tools, Internet Options, Connection)

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"JDoe" wrote in message
...
Ooops. Sorry. I forgot to include that I am disconnected from the
internet
when this stuff occurs. I'm wondering if an auto "up-date" from
Microsoft
could be the culprit? In any event, I'd sure like to kill this "work
offline" gray-out stuff in both IE6 and OE6 including that darned
pop-up.
No big thing but "work offline" sure can be annoying.

Yes, maybe I should upgrade to XP SP2 but have not done so as yet.

Thanks for your immediate response, Mike.

Regards.


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
OE and IE share the Work Offline status, so you've got one problem.

Sounds like something is interfering with your Internet connection and
so IE/OE think that you've lost the Internet connection.

What type of connection do you have? Dial-up, cable, DSL, Wi-Fi?

Are you running a firewall? If so, whose?

And you should upgrade to XP SP2.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"JDoe" wrote in message
...
My Outlook Express v6 isn't behaving as I would like . . . I believe
the
#&^%$ problem (minor as it may be) started after I downloaded a
google
toolbar but I may be wrong as to the timing. Anyway, the problem
is --
that
without me doing anything -- the "work online" normal black typeface
changes
to "work offline" grayed-out typeface kicks-in. This is very
annoying.
I
don't want to go "offline" w/ grayed-out typeface in my workspace!
This
happens as well in InternetExplorer v6 too. Again, the timing was,
I
believe, when I installed a google toolbar . . . but I may be wrong.

In any event, what can I do to permanently stop both Outlook Express
v6 and
InternetExplorer v6 from going "offline?" In other words, I want to
remain
"online" with dark black typeface and not "offline" grayed-out
typeface.

In addition, there's a pop-up that, well, pops-up (out of nowhere it
seems)
after I've minimized either Outlook Express v6 window or Internet
Explorer
v6 window which inquires whether I want to "work offline" or not and
thereby
kicks-in that darned grayed-out typeface! Talk about ANNOYING!

H-E-L-P !

WinXP Home, SP 1

Thanks for your response.

"work offline" problem
 

You are welcome and thanks for posting back.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"JDoe" wrote in message
...
Okay. OE was set to receive messages every XX minutes and I didn't
have it
set to dial automatically. I've now disabled the option to receive
messages
every XX minutes.

Thanks for your help, Michael. I'll see if this works and let the
group
know at that time.


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
If you try to send or receive in OE either manually or have OE set to
check for messages every xx minutes (Tools, Options, General) and you
aren't connected to the Internet, and OE isn't set to dial
automatically
(Tools, Accounts, Mail, Properties, Connections) then you will
automatically get switched to Work Offline in both OE and IE and
won't
be able to work online again until you establish a connection.

The same thing can happen if you have IE open to a page that does
some
automatic refreshing and you don't have an open connection and IE
isn't
set to automatically dial (Tools, Internet Options, Connection)

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"JDoe" wrote in message
...
Ooops. Sorry. I forgot to include that I am disconnected from the
internet
when this stuff occurs. I'm wondering if an auto "up-date" from
Microsoft
could be the culprit? In any event, I'd sure like to kill this
"work
offline" gray-out stuff in both IE6 and OE6 including that darned
pop-up.
No big thing but "work offline" sure can be annoying.

Yes, maybe I should upgrade to XP SP2 but have not done so as yet.

Thanks for your immediate response, Mike.

Regards.


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
OE and IE share the Work Offline status, so you've got one
problem.

Sounds like something is interfering with your Internet connection
and
so IE/OE think that you've lost the Internet connection.

What type of connection do you have? Dial-up, cable, DSL, Wi-Fi?

Are you running a firewall? If so, whose?

And you should upgrade to XP SP2.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"JDoe" wrote in message
...
My Outlook Express v6 isn't behaving as I would like . . . I
believe
the
#&^%$ problem (minor as it may be) started after I downloaded a
google
toolbar but I may be wrong as to the timing. Anyway, the problem
is --
that
without me doing anything -- the "work online" normal black
typeface
changes
to "work offline" grayed-out typeface kicks-in. This is very
annoying.
I
don't want to go "offline" w/ grayed-out typeface in my
workspace!
This
happens as well in InternetExplorer v6 too. Again, the timing
was,
I
believe, when I installed a google toolbar . . . but I may be
wrong.

In any event, what can I do to permanently stop both Outlook
Express
v6 and
InternetExplorer v6 from going "offline?" In other words, I
want
to
remain
"online" with dark black typeface and not "offline" grayed-out
typeface.

In addition, there's a pop-up that, well, pops-up (out of
nowhere
it
seems)
after I've minimized either Outlook Express v6 window or
Internet
Explorer
v6 window which inquires whether I want to "work offline" or not
and
thereby
kicks-in that darned grayed-out typeface! Talk about ANNOYING!

H-E-L-P !

WinXP Home, SP 1

Thanks for your response.