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compaq presario x4000nx modem disconnect after inactivity?
Only AOL. They do have a "call alert" wich tells you someone is calling.
HH "William Kossack" wrote in message ... I setup my mother on aol 8 last week. She wanted to learn how to use a computer and do email so after purchasing a compaq presario x4000nx computer I set her up on aol 8. The only concern is that she might forget to logoff and walk away from her computer. She has only one phone line and this would cause her to not get any phone calls. I thought aol had some way of dropping the dialup connection after a certain number of minutes of inactivity but I could not find how to do this on AOL 8 or XP. I also could not break into bios to see if there was a way to configure the bios to help her. Can anyone help? |
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Aol has an idle timer that will kill you after a half hour or so. To
find out how to set it up for a shorter time call their 800 number, they will be happy to help. |
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the first thing I did was contact aol and they say they have taken it out
in the current versions the yeti wrote: Aol has an idle timer that will kill you after a half hour or so. To find out how to set it up for a shorter time call their 800 number, they will be happy to help. |
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William Kossack wrote in message ...
the first thing I did was contact aol and they say they have taken it out in the current versions the yeti wrote: Aol has an idle timer that will kill you after a half hour or so. To find out how to set it up for a shorter time call their 800 number, they will be happy to help. You can downgrade to version 6 or 7 and have it still work, if you need a CD I am sure I have a few coasters laying around I can spare. Hibernation will break the modems connection, but I don't know if AOL is continusaly sending junk. Contary to my email addreess, I havn't used aol in a long time. |
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