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will

I have discovered that my links work when I click if I have my Internet
connection on and/or minimized in the tray. Otherwise,the "Internet
Connection Wizzard" pops up and tries to get me to connect by dial-up.If I
have to make sure Internet is on and running, I will.Any suggestions?
 
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Brian Tillman

will said:
I have discovered that my links work when I click if I have my
Internet connection on and/or minimized in the tray. Otherwise,the
"Internet Connection Wizzard" pops up and tries to get me to connect
by dial-up.If I have to make sure Internet is on and running, I
will.Any suggestions?
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Is your net connection not on all the time? What are the settings in IE's
Tools>Internet Options>Connections?
 
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will

In IE>tools>internet options>Connections my settings are: Never dial a
connection and under LAN Settings nothing is checked. Do I need to check "
Automatically detect settings"? If so, what will that do to my connection?
Thanks
 
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Brian Tillman

will said:
In IE>tools>internet options>Connections my settings are: Never dial a
connection and under LAN Settings nothing is checked.
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Those settings agree with mine. Now, what do you see on the Connection tab
of your mail account properties pages? (I'm sort of grasping at straws
here.)
 
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will

Where do I find the mail account property page?

Brian Tillman said:
Those settings agree with mine. Now, what do you see on the Connection tab
of your mail account properties pages? (I'm sort of grasping at straws
here.)
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Brian Tillman

will said:
Where do I find the mail account property page?
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Well, that would take knowing your version of Outlook and you didn't think
that was important enough to mention. Why not look at your various menus?
Account access will be under the Tools menu.
 
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will

Office 2002 version. In mail accounts the name is: popserver.nc.rr.com and
the TYPE is POP/SMPT(default). I don't have this problem at work but at home
using RoadRunner the links just won't open unless the browser window is open.
 
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Brian Tillman

will said:
Office 2002 version. In mail accounts the name is:
popserver.nc.rr.com and the TYPE is POP/SMPT(default). I don't have
this problem at work but at home using RoadRunner the links just
won't open unless the browser window is open.
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OK, it looks like you found the account properties pages. Now, as I asked,
what does the Connections tab say?
 
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will

It says; Connect using my LAN

Brian Tillman said:
OK, it looks like you found the account properties pages. Now, as I asked,
what does the Connections tab say?
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Brian Tillman

will said:
It says; Connect using my LAN
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Well, I don't see anything unusual in what you've posted so far. You have a
Windows/networking issue, however, and not an Outlook issue. What I believe
you want is for your network connection to start automatically when a
connection to the net is warranted, just like a dial-up connection would
start automatically. However, while I thought I remembered how to do that,
I don't. It's time to ask in the WIndows newsgroups. Try
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web .
 
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will

Brian;Yes that is exactly what I want it to do.I will take your
suggestion.Thanks for your patience in walking me through the diagonostic
steps.I appreciate it very much.Have a nice weekdend and thanks again.
 
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