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- Frequently Asked Questions
-
- Q: Does Stay Connected work with AOL?
- A: Yes! To "Stay Connected" with AOL, bring up the menu item "Options" and
- select the tabbed dialog box labeled "America Online." Simply check the option
- and you are all set!
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-
- Q: Why do I get a "No Service Available" status or "2 Red Icons"?
- A: There are a few steps to remedy this situation. Please take the following steps:
- 1. Check that you have set to a valid host. Setting your default host to your local
- ISP domain name is highly recommended, e.g. www.xyz.com. Please refrain yourself from
- using the default host provided as it may increase the network load on the default
- host.
-
- 2. If you still get the red bar icon, it's recommended that you turn on ALL available
- services to facilitate debugging. We provide 7 different services, namely,
- HTTP, Echo, Discard, SMTP, FTP, Telnet & Time Server. Simply check "All Services"
- in the "Advanced" tabbed dialog box. Now try again. We highly do NOT recommend that
- you leave the option "All Services" on as it may put unncessary load on the designated
- host. We advice you to set your tag service to HTTP as we found that this is the
- most reliable protocol thus far.
-
- By now you should get a green light. If not, read on:
- 3. It is not important to obtain a perfect connection with a green light icon.
- Stay Connected! will attempt to keep your connection alive by sending out signals
- periodically. In such case, you'll still be able to stay connected even though the
- tray bar icon shows red.
-
-
- Q: Why do I see a few auto-connect dialog boxes popping up asking me to connect
- to my ISP?
- A: This is a feature with Windows 95 Dial-Up Networking (DUN). You should disable
- the option for auto-connecting to your ISP. Alternatively, you should only check
- for one particular tag service (one of the following: HTTP, Echo, Discard, FTP,
- Telnet, SMTP, Time Server, Special Port) rather than selecting "All Services" under
- Stay Connected! Options dialog box.
-
- The problem is that you have selected the option to "connect to the Internet as
- needed" under Windows 95 option. Also, you have specified more than 1 tag service
- under Stay Connected! option. As such, multiple dial-up windows will popup.
-
- To solve this problem, please following the instructions below:
- 1. Go to your desktop icon "My Computer" to bring up the "Control Panel"
- 2. Look for the icon labeled "Internet" and double-click on it
- 3. Go to the tabbed option labeled "Connection"
- 4. Uncheck the option labeled "Connect to the Internet as needed"
-
- This will avoid those unnecessary dial-up windows from popping up. If you absolutely
- must have this automatic dial-up window popup whenever some programs request for an
- Internet connection, you'll have to work on Stay Connected. The solution is simple,
- check one and only one tag service, do not check more than one. Our suggestion is
- to check on the HTTP option since it's the most reliable protocol.
-
-
- Q: Sometimes I still get disconnected. Why?
- A: Two most common problems are:
- 1. Bad phone line. Make sure you clean your phone jack when you start to encounter
- frequent disconnection. Dust may cause slow modem connection (e.g. connecting at
- 24000 bps rather than 28800 bps), and sometimes disconnects your active connection.
- Contact your local phone company if the problem persists.
-
- 2. ISP disconnects you manually. This situation may happen when your ISP is
- overloaded with users contesting for modem lines. We cannot do anything about this
- as sometimes your ISP might run low on modem resources, especially during peak
- hours. Approach your ISP for a solution.
-
-
- Q: What is a timeout situation and how can I avoid the problem?
- When a signal is sent to a remote host at any given time, a response from the
- remote host is expected. Sometimes due to overloaded traffic on the Internet or
- the remote host is down for service, a timeout situation occurs. In order to avoid
- the problem, set your host to other sites.
-
-
- Q: Is a 16-bit version available in the near future?
- We're using advanced technologies like multithreading and Windows 95/NT 4.0 user
- interface in our code. Windows 3.11 does not have multi-threaded operation
- and Windows 95/NT 4.0 user interface. A down-port to 16-bit is not possible.
- However, we are currently planning for a 16-bit implementation with a different
- interface and will be releasing it in the near future.
-
-
- Q: How can I uninstall Stay Connected?
- A: Before you uninstall, make sure that Stay Connected is not running. Simply check
- for the icon with 2 bars at your Tray Notification Area (sometimes called Tool Tray)
- and make sure it's not present before proceeding with uninstallation.
-
- Select "My Computer", "Control Panel", "Add/Remove Programs", and look for the text
- "Stay Connected! for Windows 95/NT" and double-click. A step-by-step guide
- uninstallation procedure will guide you through.
-
- If uninstallation still fails, you will have to manually delete the executable.
- Simply search your hard drive exhaustively for the filename "StayCon.exe" and delete
- it.
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