How come my computer is disconnected after 20 minutes on the Internet?
There is a setting in the Windows 95 and 98 program to disconnect your system after so many minutes of inactivity and the default time is normally 20 minutes. Scrolling and reading a large page or reading your email is not considered Internet activity. The timer is reset every time data is transferred to or from your system. In most cases 20 minutes is adequate since we are always loading new pages or sending out reply mail. Sometimes 20 minutes is too short a time. The purpose for the timer is to free up the connection in the event you forget to disconnect. Fix#1: Click on My Computer, Control Panel, Internet, Connection. At ‘connect to the Internet using a modem’ click on the settings button. Here you will see ‘disconnect if idle for XX minutes. We recommend this setting be set to 30 or 40 minutes. Click OK Fix #2: Click on My Computer, Dial-up Networking, Right-Click on your Internet connection icon, choose properties. Click on Configure, Connection. Here you will see ‘disconnect if
