What ghost inactivates my local network?

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My local network connection under WindowsXP is frequently swiched to
inactive mode. What is the reason?

/BosseH

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Inactive? Never seen such an status.
I thougth you could disable it. But not heard of Inactive.

"Bo Hansson" <bo1.hansson@telia.com> wrote in message
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> My local network connection under WindowsXP is frequently swiched to
> inactive mode. What is the reason?
>
> /BosseH
>

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Thanks,

I will try this, but right now I do not have access to the failing computer.

/BosseH

"Malke" <invalid@not-real.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> Bo Hansson wrote:
>
>> My local network connection under WindowsXP is frequently swiched to
>> inactive mode. What is the reason?
>>
>> /BosseH
>
> Go to the network device's Properties in Device Manager (System applet).
> Find the Power Management tab and uncheck the box that says, "allow
> Windows to turn off this device when not in use". Hopefully that will
> take care of the issue.
>
> Malke
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