Re: Not connected???? But I am.....

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Phil wrote:
> I posted this before on several newsgroups but never have resolved my
> problem. So I'm trying again. I'm running Vista home premium and IE8.
> I
> connect to the internet with dial-up. When I'm connected the computer
> icon
> in the task bar has a red X on it. If I place the cursor on the icon it
> says "not Connected". If I right click on the icon and select connect to
> network the window comes up and shows my connection and states that I'm
> connected with the option button to disconnect.
> Why does my system think I'm not connected. Also before when I would
> close
> IE I would receive a window asking if I want to disconnect. I no longer
> get
> that window either.
> Your help would be greatly appreciated. Having dial-up this is a pain do
> to
> the phone line being tied up and sometimes not knowing it......
> Thanks,