# Windows ME, IE 5.5 and automatic disconnects

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-me-ie-5-5-and-automatic-disconnects/66336>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 23, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-me-ie-5-5-and-automatic-disconnects/66336 "2001-05-23T23:34:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-me-ie-5-5-and-automatic-disconnects/66336/1 "2001-05-23T23:34:41Z")

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I upgraded to IE 5.5 today-msn told me I had to. Now, I had my internet setting so that I had to be inactive for 24 hours before it would kick me off. I was never on that long, but just in case, ya know?

Now I cannot find the settings for that anywhere. I want to reset the automatic disconnect time, because with the upgrade it’s been reset to 10 minutes or something highly annoying like that.

I’ve searched help topics, I tried a search here, but if it’s been asked, I’m using the wrong words to search. Is there anyone out there who can help me fix this?

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-me-ie-5-5-and-automatic-disconnects/66336/2 "2001-05-23T23:58:07Z")

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Start:programs:accessories:communications:dialupnetworking  
Find connection icon, right click on it select ‘properties’  
Select Configure

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-me-ie-5-5-and-automatic-disconnects/66336/3 "2001-05-24T00:06:56Z")

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Nope-right clicking doesn’t bring up the properties box.

I also went to File, then properties, and got nothing.  
dang silly computers.

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-me-ie-5-5-and-automatic-disconnects/66336/4 "2001-05-24T00:49:47Z")

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you can just run any program which will periodically do something. I usually have the email program which checks for email every few minutes. ICQ does the same. Or just get one of those pinging programs

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**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-me-ie-5-5-and-automatic-disconnects/66336/5 "2001-05-24T02:27:55Z")

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You can also go back to IE 5.0. Goto the control panels and open the add/remove softare tab. Highlight the IE 5.5 and click add/remove. At that point it will ask you if you’d like to restore the previous version.

MSN can’t, as far as I know, tell you which version to use. Using the 5.0 version should be just fine.  
\*\* I don’t use MSN, so take it for what it’s worth or wait for someone to either corroborate or debunk my notion.