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    WSharrodsyd
    AskWoody Lounger
    September 21, 2004 at 9:55 pm #410215

    W98SE:
    Is there a way of disabling these two characteristics of dial-up-networking (seems to be tapiserv.exe) that takes command of the console such that
    (a) until a connection is established, outlook express is unable to respond to any keystroke or mouse action
    ( when a connection is lost, a dialog box appears and takes unto itself every keystroke I intended to go to the current application?

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    • WSPhil Rabichow
      AskWoody Lounger
      September 22, 2004 at 2:36 am #879841

      I’m not sure there is a way to change the first behavior. Often, loading an application uses enough resources that nothing else responds, despite the “multitasking”.

      Regarding the second point, go into Control Panel/Internet Options/Connections tab & uncheck “Dial whenever a network connection is not present.
      Hope this helps,

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      • WSharrodsyd
        AskWoody Lounger
        September 23, 2004 at 9:37 am #880453

        Thank you once again, Paul:
        No other applications I use hold on to control when they aren’t actually using much CPU – while DUN is waiting for server to respond, Process Explorer reveals that CPU is 90% to 95% idle.
        The “Dial whenever a network connection is not present” box was already unchecked – but disregarded!

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      • WSharrodsyd
        AskWoody Lounger
        September 23, 2004 at 9:37 am #880454

        Thank you once again, Paul:
        No other applications I use hold on to control when they aren’t actually using much CPU – while DUN is waiting for server to respond, Process Explorer reveals that CPU is 90% to 95% idle.
        The “Dial whenever a network connection is not present” box was already unchecked – but disregarded!

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    • WSAlanMiller
      AskWoody Lounger
      September 22, 2004 at 2:50 am #879847

      With regards to (a) is it possible to get any response from OE if it is operating in Offline mode?

      Alan

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      • WSharrodsyd
        AskWoody Lounger
        September 23, 2004 at 10:20 am #880483

        Thanks, Alan:
        There was only a problem when dialling and while waiting for a connection – all all other times, including the verification and logging-on phases, OE and the entire system responded to the console properly. I suspect these two antisocial characteristics of DUN were related to corruption in the registry. I have loaded a six-month-old registry back-up and rebooted, and now I don’t lose response. I hope things will be back to normal when I lose connection in future, too.
        Sydney.

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      • WSharrodsyd
        AskWoody Lounger
        September 23, 2004 at 10:20 am #880484

        Thanks, Alan:
        There was only a problem when dialling and while waiting for a connection – all all other times, including the verification and logging-on phases, OE and the entire system responded to the console properly. I suspect these two antisocial characteristics of DUN were related to corruption in the registry. I have loaded a six-month-old registry back-up and rebooted, and now I don’t lose response. I hope things will be back to normal when I lose connection in future, too.
        Sydney.

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    • WSAlanMiller
      AskWoody Lounger
      September 22, 2004 at 2:50 am #879848

      With regards to (a) is it possible to get any response from OE if it is operating in Offline mode?

      Alan

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