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Old February 9th 06, 09:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Default Windows 98 SE: Windows Explorer asks for Internet connection

You are welcome. Good! Glad to see it seems to be over! Explorer may have come to think it was IE, & therefore requested to go online. They are closely related & can be set to do each others work. But it's best to keep them different, as you do! Keep us informed of any further development or mishap!


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"refugio" wrote in message ...
| Hello PCR again:
|
| So far, success & thank you -- it appears that your suggestion (2) worked
| upon cold reboot under Classic style; I then proceeded with my preferred
| viewing of Windows Explorer by clicking View and selecting "as Web Page",
| then clicking View again, Folder Options..., View tab, and under "Folder
| views" clicking "Like Current Folder" and performed another cold reboot. The
| problem seems to have gone away for now, but I'll keep all of your
| suggestions locally in a txt file I can access should this problem resurface.
| [Another ommission probably on my part was that I had WE originally set up
| this way -- sounds like I may have to go through this exercise if/when the
| Working Offline issue comes up again.] In each case of testing the progress,
| it should be noted that the computer was NOT connected to the Internet via
| dialup, so perhaps this has resolved the matter for now.
|
| Your fast advice has saved me a lot of hassle in my day-to-day work on my
| (old) machine; I'm very grateful for your assistance.
|
| Best,
|
| refugio
|
| "PCR" wrote:
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| Better update defs & do a virus scan too.
|
|
http://www.mcafee.com/us/
| Free online scan. I think it will not effect a cure, but only report.
|
| http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
| Also McAfee. Will effect a cure for certain viruses only.
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "refugio" wrote in message ...
| | Recently Windows Explorer opens irregularly, with a dialog box indicating
| | that there is no Internet connection available and halts local browsing of
| | files until this dialog box is closed. No dial-up connection has been made,
| | yet Windows Explorer apparently seeks one before allowing access to local
| | drives. Having searched extensively the Knowledge Base, I cannot locate any
| | instructions which might aid me in defeating this annoying habit of Windows
| | Explorer (WE). [WE worked fine until this point.]
| |
| | My question: how do I restore the independence of WE from Internet
| | connectivity and return to using WE for local file management without having
| | each session to click "Try Again" or [X] (closing) this dialog box to proceed
| | with local file management? It seems as though Internet Explorer (IE) and WE
| | now have become completely linked and I would rather not have to rebuild my
| | machine, as support for Win98/SE will soon be unavailable (a rebuild might
| | thus cause me toloose all of the patches from Microsoft Critical Updates
| | section) -- WE previously operated separate from IE, was not dependent on an
| | Internet connection, and this problem has surfaced only in the last month or
| | so.
| |
| | System details:
| | -Windows 98 SE with all critical updates
| | -dial-up connection only
| | -IE 6.x version
| |
| | I'm familiar with registry edits, can successfully change said without
| | harming system, and am wondering if some sort of registry key has been
| | altered somehow to now expect access to the Internet when opening WE (which I
| | SOLELY use for local file management; browsing is ALWAYS through IE). Any
| | help would be greatly appreciated.
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