When I was connected with AOL by dial-up, using Internet Explorer, this happened all the time, too. I thought it was a reminder for folks who paid hourly for the service and did not want to stay connected when doing chores not needing the internet. I at the time resolved it by contacting AOL, but can't remember the procedure I went through, Marta On Mar 31, 2004, at 7:18, Bryan Forrest wrote:
> I'm using Panther now, but if I remember correctly, I think the > setting is in the Internet Preference Pane in the System Preferences > in Jaguar. This was mainly included to remind users who had gone idle > to disconnect if they were tying up a phone line or using a metered > connection. > > -- > Bryan C. Forrest > Tech 3 - Macintosh Specialist > LifeNet > http://www.lifenet.org > > > On Mar 30, 2004, at 10:40 PM, Steven Brown wrote: > >> I am using 10.2 and trying to do some downloads with explorer 5.2. >> >> About every 30 minutes it keeps asking me if I want to stay connected? >> >> How do I go about changing this? >> >> I have checked Explorer prefs and system prefs and can't seem to >> locate what to change. >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be April 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be April 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
