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John,

I’m not sure how this is relevant. Is this something you drew from looking at my Firewall log?

Have a look at this kb article and see if that helps

The problem has gone away. The last thing I consciously did to try to alleviate my Internet connection being lost at random times is based on the one thing that was still connected–Yahoo Messenger (mail version). I set something up to constantly be communicating: An Internet clock. (http://www.clocklink.com/world_clock.php). I saw it as an anchor for my Internet connection. It is low tech and theoretical. Some day I’ll close the tab in Firefox and see if my connection issues return.

Firewall Log!

Does this firewall log which includes an Internet virtual disconnect, reveal anything about my disconnects? Again this time, Yahoo Messenger (mail version) maintained chat capability.

I have highlighted the time frame of the shut down. Although I was not at home, I narrowed the outage by looking at e-mails. If this happens again, now I have an Internet clock “ticking” in a browser tab, that hopefully will stop at the exact time of the problem.

I may need to try the OpenDNS, but I’ve had problems with it in the past.

I found that I was set up as part of a homegroup, although I share no files or devices. I left that homegroup.

Could it be that the router (not under my control) needs to do some sort of “handshake” (like faxes) with my new sytem? I have never used a router personally so it’s about as relevant to me as sewer pipes. They are important but I don’t give them much thought and certainly don’t get my hands dirty with them. But it sucks if they don’t work right!!

My connection was lost again, under the disabled IPv6 setting. Yahoo chat continued to operate under Chrome.

I took down the error messages from each website, and details of a mini “crash” within Yahoo. I’ll attach them.

Next time this happens I will go into my Firewall for activity leading up to the disconnect. (I never had a breach under XP or Vista).

JoeP, I changed this and will see how it does.

Can anyone explain why–and it just happened again–no Internet connectivity from within Flock, Firefox, Safari, or MSIE, but inside Chrome, where I have a Yahoo account with e-mail chat, I could chat for as long as I wanted. The smileys came up as tiny Broken Link symbols, but that was the only limitation. I could see who was online and choose to chat with them. But no DrudgeReport, no Accuweather, no Yahoo chat in Firefox, no Facebook…

Thank you to anyone helping with this.

The landlord has control, and I say again, this has nothing to do with his end, or physical setup. This is all about Windows 7, settings, and the clean install. There were no changes on his end, my side is the one with all the variables. These problems started immediately after the Win 7 upgrade and were nonexistent before.

My Network Adapter’s driver was (and is) up to date with manufacturer software.

I noticed a few nights ago, no web pages could connect/update, so in effect I was not accessing the Internet. But I was able to initiate a chat conversation in Yahoo’s chat-from-within-mail feature. But nothing else worked.

Also, after doing the following last night, my ‘Net crashed during the night (when not in use). BTW to reiterate, my computer power does NOT go off or sleep, which is intentional.

[indent]”Open Device manager, expand the Network Adapters secion, right click on the adapter, select Properties, click the Power Management tab, and ensure that “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power” is NOT checked.”
[/indent]

What is NIC?

DaveA-Yes I said I have a high speed cable internet. ]

Trust me on the one thing I know for certain. This is directly related to my Windows 7 install. Everything else is stable and did NOT change. The problems began the very same evening as my upgrade. I appreciate any help, but please assume that the externals have not changed.

Rebel-that box was checked, but now it’s not. I will see if it makes a difference–thanks, this is the kind of obscure setting that I suspect is at work.

Paul-as I state above, there is *no* sharing on this network.

It is not wireless. It is high speed cable. The landlord (another floor) has a router and there are two PCs on the network. I can see the name of his PC and he can see mine. There is nothing shared and I have no jurisdiction over the router or connections (only the back of my PC).

My problems should have absolutely nothing to do with the connection, since nothing about the physical network changed recently, except my own PC after a Windows 7 Install. Connection can be lost at various times of day. Lately I’ve been online for long stretches with no cutouts, but when I come home from work, it has cut out. So, given time, my connection to the internet will and does cut out.

It is not wireless. It is high speed cable. The landlord (another floor) has a router and there are two PCs on the network. I can see the name of his PC and he can see mine. There is nothing shared and I have no jurisdiction over the router or connections (only the back of my PC).

My problems should have absolutely nothing to do with the connection, since nothing about the physical network changed recently, except my own PC after a Windows 7 Install. Connection can be lost at various times of day. Lately I’ve been online for long stretches with no cutouts, but when I come home from work, it has cut out. So, given time, my connection to the internet will and does cut out.

It is not wireless. It is high speed cable. The landlord (another floor) has a router and there are two PCs on the network. I can see the name of his PC and he can see mine. There is nothing shared and I have no jurisdiction over the router or connections (only the back of my PC).

My problems should have absolutely nothing to do with the connection, since nothing about the physical network changed recently, except my own PC after a Windows 7 Install. Connection can be lost at various times of day. Lately I’ve been online for long stretches with no cutouts, but when I come home from work, it has cut out. So, given time, my connection to the internet will and does cut out.

It is not wireless. It is high speed cable. The landlord (another floor) has a router and there are two PCs on the network. I can see the name of his PC and he can see mine. There is nothing shared and I have no jurisdiction over the router or connections (only the back of my PC).

My problems should have absolutely nothing to do with the connection, since nothing about the physical network changed recently, except my own PC after a Windows 7 Install. Connection can be lost at various times of day. Lately I’ve been online for long stretches with no cutouts, but when I come home from work, it has cut out. So, given time, my connection to the internet will and does cut out.

It is not wireless. It is high speed cable. The landlord (another floor) has a router and there are two PCs on the network. I can see the name of his PC and he can see mine. There is nothing shared and I have no jurisdiction over the router or connections (only the back of my PC).

My problems should have absolutely nothing to do with the connection, since nothing about the physical network changed recently, except my own PC after a Windows 7 Install. Connection can be lost at various times of day. Lately I’ve been online for long stretches with no cutouts, but when I come home from work, it has cut out. So, given time, my connection to the internet will and does cut out.

It is not wireless. It is high speed cable. The landlord (another floor) has a router and there are two PCs on the network. I can see the name of his PC and he can see mine. There is nothing shared and I have no jurisdiction over the router or connections (only the back of my PC).

My problems should have absolutely nothing to do with the connection, since nothing about the physical network changed recently, except my own PC after a Windows 7 Install. Connection can be lost at various times of day. Lately I’ve been online for long stretches with no cutouts, but when I come home from work, it has cut out. So, given time, my connection to the internet will and does cut out.

It is not wireless. It is high speed cable. The landlord (another floor) has a router and there are two PCs on the network. I can see the name of his PC and he can see mine. There is nothing shared and I have no jurisdiction over the router or connections (only the back of my PC).

My problems should have absolutely nothing to do with the connection, since nothing about the physical network changed recently, except my own PC after a Windows 7 Install. Connection can be lost at various times of day. Lately I’ve been online for long stretches with no cutouts, but when I come home from work, it has cut out. So, given time, my connection to the internet will and does cut out.