[not to bright]

I have dsl, modem is a Netopia. I have windows XP home. I have one computer
with all the latest updates. I have ran spybot, adware and registry
first-aid. I have zone alarm firewall, Norton Systemworks for viruses. The
problem is if I don't use my computer for awhile I can't connect to the
Internet anymore. I have to turn off modem and reboot in order to connect.
I've had windows XP for about 3 years and have not had to reboot for
anything that wasn't my fault. I borrowed a friends modem and the same
things happen and friend has no problems with mine. If anybody has any ideas
I would sure appreciate it. Thanks in advance for any and all help.

I have SP2. I have found what is happening just don't know what to do about
it. The local area connection is gone when I go to control panel, network
connection. I rebooted still wasn't there. The connection is through USB. I
turned off modem and then back on and it showed up. What would cause that.
Thanks for all your help

[treehh]

My guess is norton or way too many virus programs running on tbe background.
I'm not a pro with securities, but my guess is one should usually have 1
virus check program running on the back.

"not to bright" wrote:

> I have dsl, modem is a Netopia. I have windows XP home. I have one computer
> with all the latest updates. I have ran spybot, adware and registry
> first-aid. I have zone alarm firewall, Norton Systemworks for viruses. The
> problem is if I don't use my computer for awhile I can't connect to the
> Internet anymore. I have to turn off modem and reboot in order to connect.
> I've had windows XP for about 3 years and have not had to reboot for
> anything that wasn't my fault. I borrowed a friends modem and the same
> things happen and friend has no problems with mine. If anybody has any ideas
> I would sure appreciate it. Thanks in advance for any and all help.
>
> I have SP2. I have found what is happening just don't know what to do about
> it. The local area connection is gone when I go to control panel, network
> connection. I rebooted still wasn't there. The connection is through USB. I
> turned off modem and then back on and it showed up. What would cause that.
> Thanks for all your help
>
>
>