Hey, guys... I am not really having a PROBLEM connecting to the internet but
I don't understand why my PC keeps disconnecting and connecting the internet
gateway. Periodically I see a "bubble" come up that says "Internet is now
connected". But this happens randomly. I don't keep making changes to the
system. It just keeps popping up. When I open Network connections I see it
is connected. Then when I had it up it disappeared after it said it was
disabled. Then it popped back in again. I really don't understand why this
is happening. I have a wireless network.

On Jun 14, 8:50 am, aries <a...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hey, guys... I am not really having a PROBLEM connecting to the internet but
> I don't understand why my PC keeps disconnecting and connecting the internet
> gateway. Periodically I see a "bubble" come up that says "Internet is now
> connected". But this happens randomly. I don't keep making changes to the
> system. It just keeps popping up. When I open Network connections I see it
> is connected. Then when I had it up it disappeared after it said it was
> disabled. Then it popped back in again. I really don't understand why this
> is happening. I have a wireless network.

Just to clarify, the bubble that pops up is saying "The INTERNET" and
not "The NETWORK". Once we get that out of the way, we can move on.

Yes. The icon reads Internet Connection Status: Connected and the icon is
two monitors at the bottom of my actual monitor. I hope this doesn't confuse
the issue but I also cannot see the "status" window, either when I click on
the Internet Connections icon, or when I go to Network Connections and click
on "view status of internet connections". Thanks for your interest.

"stephen.belyea******.com" wrote:

> On Jun 14, 8:50 am, aries <a...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Hey, guys... I am not really having a PROBLEM connecting to the internet but
> > I don't understand why my PC keeps disconnecting and connecting the internet
> > gateway. Periodically I see a "bubble" come up that says "Internet is now
> > connected". But this happens randomly. I don't keep making changes to the
> > system. It just keeps popping up. When I open Network connections I see it
> > is connected. Then when I had it up it disappeared after it said it was
> > disabled. Then it popped back in again. I really don't understand why this
> > is happening. I have a wireless network.
>
> Just to clarify, the bubble that pops up is saying "The INTERNET" and
> not "The NETWORK". Once we get that out of the way, we can move on.
>
>

aries wrote:
> Yes. The icon reads Internet Connection Status: Connected and the
> icon is
> two monitors at the bottom of my actual monitor. I hope this doesn't
> confuse the issue but I also cannot see the "status" window, either
> when I click on
> the Internet Connections icon, or when I go to Network Connections
> and click
> on "view status of internet connections". Thanks for your interest.
>
> "stephen.belyea******.com" wrote:
>
>> On Jun 14, 8:50 am, aries <a...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>> Hey, guys... I am not really having a PROBLEM connecting to the
>>> internet but I don't understand why my PC keeps disconnecting and
>>> connecting the internet gateway. Periodically I see a "bubble"
>>> come up that says "Internet is now connected". But this happens
>>> randomly. I don't keep making changes to the system. It just
>>> keeps popping up. When I open Network connections I see it is
>>> connected. Then when I had it up it disappeared after it said it
>>> was disabled. Then it popped back in again. I really don't
>>> understand why this is happening. I have a wireless network.
>>
>> Just to clarify, the bubble that pops up is saying "The INTERNET" and
>> not "The NETWORK". Once we get that out of the way, we can move on.

I'll be monitoring this thread because I'm experiencing the same exact
problem (but with a wireless connection to an Acer notebook running
Vista). So far, I haven't found a solution, and I'm thinking it may be a
bum router (Linksys WRT54G).

On Jun 14, 10:54 am, aries <a...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Yes. The icon reads Internet Connection Status: Connected and the icon is
> two monitors at the bottom of my actual monitor. I hope this doesn't confuse
> the issue but I also cannot see the "status" window, either when I click on
> the Internet Connections icon, or when I go to Network Connections and click
> on "view status of internet connections". Thanks for your interest.
>
> "stephen.bel...******.com" wrote:
> > On Jun 14, 8:50 am, aries <a...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > Hey, guys... I am not really having a PROBLEM connecting to the internet but
> > > I don't understand why my PC keeps disconnecting and connecting the internet
> > > gateway. Periodically I see a "bubble" come up that says "Internet is now
> > > connected". But this happens randomly. I don't keep making changes to the
> > > system. It just keeps popping up. When I open Network connections I see it
> > > is connected. Then when I had it up it disappeared after it said it was
> > > disabled. Then it popped back in again. I really don't understand why this
> > > is happening. I have a wireless network.
>
> > Just to clarify, the bubble that pops up is saying "The INTERNET" and
> > not "The NETWORK". Once we get that out of the way, we can move on.

Just to double check, go into Network Connections, right click on your
wireless connection, and go to the properties of your TCP/IP
connection. Make sure that everything is set to "obtain automatically".

Yup... That is the way it is set (obtain automatically)

"stephen.belyea******.com" wrote:

> On Jun 14, 10:54 am, aries <a...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Yes. The icon reads Internet Connection Status: Connected and the icon is
> > two monitors at the bottom of my actual monitor. I hope this doesn't confuse
> > the issue but I also cannot see the "status" window, either when I click on
> > the Internet Connections icon, or when I go to Network Connections and click
> > on "view status of internet connections". Thanks for your interest.
> >
> > "stephen.bel...******.com" wrote:
> > > On Jun 14, 8:50 am, aries <a...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > > Hey, guys... I am not really having a PROBLEM connecting to the internet but
> > > > I don't understand why my PC keeps disconnecting and connecting the internet
> > > > gateway. Periodically I see a "bubble" come up that says "Internet is now
> > > > connected". But this happens randomly. I don't keep making changes to the
> > > > system. It just keeps popping up. When I open Network connections I see it
> > > > is connected. Then when I had it up it disappeared after it said it was
> > > > disabled. Then it popped back in again. I really don't understand why this
> > > > is happening. I have a wireless network.
> >
> > > Just to clarify, the bubble that pops up is saying "The INTERNET" and
> > > not "The NETWORK". Once we get that out of the way, we can move on.
>
> Just to double check, go into Network Connections, right click on your
> wireless connection, and go to the properties of your TCP/IP
> connection. Make sure that everything is set to "obtain automatically".
>
>

On Jun 19, 1:21 pm, aries <a...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Yup... That is the way it is set (obtain automatically)
>
> "stephen.bel...******.com" wrote:
> > On Jun 14, 10:54 am, aries <a...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > Yes. The icon reads Internet Connection Status: Connected and the icon is
> > > two monitors at the bottom of my actual monitor. I hope this doesn't confuse
> > > the issue but I also cannot see the "status" window, either when I click on
> > > the Internet Connections icon, or when I go to Network Connections and click
> > > on "view status of internet connections". Thanks for your interest.
>
> > > "stephen.bel...******.com" wrote:
> > > > On Jun 14, 8:50 am, aries <a...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > > > Hey, guys... I am not really having a PROBLEM connecting to the internet but
> > > > > I don't understand why my PC keeps disconnecting and connecting the internet
> > > > > gateway. Periodically I see a "bubble" come up that says "Internet is now
> > > > > connected". But this happens randomly. I don't keep making changes to the
> > > > > system. It just keeps popping up. When I open Network connections I see it
> > > > > is connected. Then when I had it up it disappeared after it said it was
> > > > > disabled. Then it popped back in again. I really don't understand why this
> > > > > is happening. I have a wireless network.
>
> > > > Just to clarify, the bubble that pops up is saying "The INTERNET" and
> > > > not "The NETWORK". Once we get that out of the way, we can move on.
>
> > Just to double check, go into Network Connections, right click on your
> > wireless connection, and go to the properties of your TCP/IP
> > connection. Make sure that everything is set to "obtain automatically".


Can you list for me the different connections you have under your
network connections menu?