Internet Connection affected by dialer STATUS !

Is there some way I can make the dialer 'Status Window' STAY
UP AS A WINDOW instead of allowing it to go down to the
lower right "System Tray" as an Icon?

Believe it or not - my system works much better if the
dialer status window is active and running versus allowing
it to go down as an icon in the System Tray of Windows and
run in the background !!!

I have asked at 'Windows Annoyances' and never gotten a
satisfactory answer. What I am observing is a FACT !
I have tried it both ways for days and when the Status
Window is active, I get no stoppages, hang-ups, delays, etc....

So, I am now looking for some control panel, file, whatever
that controls the damned thing so I can keep it 'maximized'
as it were.

I have a 56K 'Windows Modem', a 750 MHz AMD clone with 256
MB RAM, an 80 GB HD, and using Win 98 SE ver 4.10.2222 A.

HELP! Please.......

WAF...
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the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world
to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
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What you are reporting makes no sense; however, I have experienced a few
valid problems that make no sense G. What happens if you don't display it
in the tray at all? Open Explorer to your DUN folder, left click it once,
in the right pane, right click your ISP connection, properties, configure
button, options tab and remove the mark from: Display modem status

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"*** Doctor Bill ***" wrote in message
...
Is there some way I can make the dialer 'Status Window' STAY
UP AS A WINDOW instead of allowing it to go down to the
lower right "System Tray" as an Icon?

Believe it or not - my system works much better if the
dialer status window is active and running versus allowing
it to go down as an icon in the System Tray of Windows and
run in the background !!!

I have asked at 'Windows Annoyances' and never gotten a
satisfactory answer. What I am observing is a FACT !
I have tried it both ways for days and when the Status
Window is active, I get no stoppages, hang-ups, delays, etc....

So, I am now looking for some control panel, file, whatever
that controls the damned thing so I can keep it 'maximized'
as it were.

I have a 56K 'Windows Modem', a 750 MHz AMD clone with 256
MB RAM, an 80 GB HD, and using Win 98 SE ver 4.10.2222 A.

HELP! Please.......

WAF...
--
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world
to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw



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OK. I did that. What is that supposed to do?

Yes, I have been told it makes no sense, but it is a fact.
This posting is to attempt to find out why it works for me.


BTW - I am new (Today) to this Newsgroup.

I appears that one "Top Posts" to this NG, correct?

WAF...

Ron Badour - said the following on 7/21/04 7:47 AM:

What you are reporting makes no sense; however, I have experienced a few
valid problems that make no sense G. What happens if you don't display it
in the tray at all? Open Explorer to your DUN folder, left click it once,
in the right pane, right click your ISP connection, properties, configure
button, options tab and remove the mark from: Display modem status


--
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A day like all days, filled with those events
that alter and illuminate our time..."
'You Are There'...a weekly, live TV show (1953-1957)

...or - any day you wake up is a GOOD day!



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Welcome to the newsgroup. Might I suggest that you use a phony email
address like instead of a valid address. When your address
is posted in a public forum like this, you will undoubtedly start getting
spam and emails with a virus attached.

There are still people who persist in bottom posting and if that is what
they are comfortable with, so be it. Bottom posting, as far as I can
determine, is dictated by an archaic set of rules dreamed up by someone who
had nothing better to do. I personally think top posting is much easier to
follow and I wish everyone would post that way.

What my suggestion does is keep the dial up screen from minimizing in the
system tray. I don't know that it will help a bit but at least it is
something you can try.

As far as finding out why your machine behaves that way, good luck. I have
been hanging around these newsgroups since 1996 (first W95 and then W98) and
have never seen anyone post your problem.
--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"*** Doctor Bill ***" wrote in message
...
OK. I did that. What is that supposed to do?

Yes, I have been told it makes no sense, but it is a fact.
This posting is to attempt to find out why it works for me.


BTW - I am new (Today) to this Newsgroup.

I appears that one "Top Posts" to this NG, correct?

WAF...

Ron Badour - said the following on 7/21/04 7:47 AM:

What you are reporting makes no sense; however, I have experienced a few
valid problems that make no sense G. What happens if you don't
display it
in the tray at all? Open Explorer to your DUN folder, left click it
once,
in the right pane, right click your ISP connection, properties,
configure
button, options tab and remove the mark from: Display modem status


--
"What sort of a day was it?
A day like all days, filled with those events
that alter and illuminate our time..."
'You Are There'...a weekly, live TV show (1953-1957)

...or - any day you wake up is a GOOD day!



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"Windows modem" is a software modem using part of the main processor time to
run communications (I know it is on a card but that makes no difference) it
may be that with the process minimised to the tray it has a lower priority and
does not receive sufficient attention to keep the connection active, you could
try "processview" or one of the other running process guides to alter the
prioirity of the modem when minimised, I like processview because it does not
stay resident when run, less overhead, speaking of overhead, what else do you
have running that a 700mhz processor cant time slice enough to keep a winmodem
happy

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"*** Doctor Bill ***" wrote in message
...
| OK. I did that. What is that supposed to do?
|
| Yes, I have been told it makes no sense, but it is a fact.
| This posting is to attempt to find out why it works for me.
|
|
| BTW - I am new (Today) to this Newsgroup.
|
| I appears that one "Top Posts" to this NG, correct?
|
| WAF...
|
| Ron Badour - said the following on 7/21/04 7:47 AM:
|
| What you are reporting makes no sense; however, I have experienced a few
| valid problems that make no sense G. What happens if you don't display
it
| in the tray at all? Open Explorer to your DUN folder, left click it once,
| in the right pane, right click your ISP connection, properties, configure
| button, options tab and remove the mark from: Display modem status
|
|
| --
| "What sort of a day was it?
| A day like all days, filled with those events
| that alter and illuminate our time..."
| 'You Are There'...a weekly, live TV show (1953-1957)
|
| ...or - any day you wake up is a GOOD day!
|
|
|
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Thanks for the E-Mail advice. On another Newsgroup
(NetScape), I use the return address you now see.

I FORGOT TO ATTEND TO THAT !

The Netscape newsgroup insists on bottom posting, so I'm
used to it.

I did not have the checked item you suggested to uncheck -
so it has nothing to do with keeping the dialer window up,
apparently.

I wish some Guru at Microsoft could tell me what is going
on.... Not likely.

WAF...

Ron Badour - said the following on 7/21/04 9:48 AM:

Welcome to the newsgroup. Might I suggest that you use a phony email
address like instead of a valid address. When your address
is posted in a public forum like this, you will undoubtedly start getting
spam and emails with a virus attached.

There are still people who persist in bottom posting and if that is what
they are comfortable with, so be it. Bottom posting, as far as I can
determine, is dictated by an archaic set of rules dreamed up by someone who
had nothing better to do. I personally think top posting is much easier to
follow and I wish everyone would post that way.

What my suggestion does is keep the dial up screen from minimizing in the
system tray. I don't know that it will help a bit but at least it is
something you can try.

As far as finding out why your machine behaves that way, good luck. I have
been hanging around these newsgroups since 1996 (first W95 and then W98) and
have never seen anyone post your problem.

--
"What sort of a day was it?
A day like all days, filled with those events
that alter and illuminate our time..."
'You Are There'...a weekly, live TV show (1953-1957)

...or - any day you wake up is a GOOD day!



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Can you tell me more about 'processview'. I looked in
Google, but get a plethora of hits.

Where do I get it from? Shareware, Freeware, Buy it?

As to overhead.... From the Ctrl-Alt-Del window

Compose
Connected to %@(&%#@*&^
Explorer
Winhlp32
Avgcc32
Pfppop70
Rundll
Seti@home
Systray
Rampage
Avgserv9

Is Explorer what displays my Desktop...?

WAF...

AlmostBob - said the following on 7/21/04 12:12 PM:

"Windows modem" is a software modem using part of the main processor time to
run communications (I know it is on a card but that makes no difference) it
may be that with the process minimised to the tray it has a lower priority and
does not receive sufficient attention to keep the connection active, you could
try "processview" or one of the other running process guides to alter the
prioirity of the modem when minimised, I like processview because it does not
stay resident when run, less overhead, speaking of overhead, what else do you
have running that a 700mhz processor cant time slice enough to keep a winmodem
happy


--
"What sort of a day was it?
A day like all days, filled with those events
that alter and illuminate our time..."
'You Are There'...a weekly, live TV show (1953-1957)

...or - any day you wake up is a GOOD day!



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Try turning off Rampage at startup, and see if your online performance improves with
the tray icon visible. RAM -freeing utilities tend to do more harm than good in
Win98. SETI is a great processor hog, so your problem using a Winmodem could well
be related to that.

As for Ron's suggestion about disabling the tray icon, you stated that the box for
that was not checked. Check it, click OK/Apply, then uncheck it again and click
OK/Apply. see if that prevents the icon from appearing in the tray when you connect
online again.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"*** Doctor Bill ***" wrote in message
...
Can you tell me more about 'processview'. I looked in
Google, but get a plethora of hits.

Where do I get it from? Shareware, Freeware, Buy it?

As to overhead.... From the Ctrl-Alt-Del window

Compose
Connected to %@(&%#@*&^
Explorer
Winhlp32
Avgcc32
Pfppop70
Rundll
Seti@home
Systray
Rampage
Avgserv9

Is Explorer what displays my Desktop...?

WAF...

AlmostBob - said the following on 7/21/04 12:12 PM:

"Windows modem" is a software modem using part of the main processor time to
run communications (I know it is on a card but that makes no difference) it
may be that with the process minimised to the tray it has a lower priority and
does not receive sufficient attention to keep the connection active, you could
try "processview" or one of the other running process guides to alter the
prioirity of the modem when minimised, I like processview because it does not
stay resident when run, less overhead, speaking of overhead, what else do you
have running that a 700mhz processor cant time slice enough to keep a winmodem
happy


--
"What sort of a day was it?
A day like all days, filled with those events
that alter and illuminate our time..."
'You Are There'...a weekly, live TV show (1953-1957)

...or - any day you wake up is a GOOD day!



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