SirTroth, I really appreciate your help. Thank you very much. I appreciate being able to ask a question and get a response. Thanks again. Rita ~OoO~ wrote: >Could the crash have something to do with that? Sure. In computing, anything >is possible. But, that's not saying it was because the two shouldn't exist. >Using your dial-up while the wireless is active and enabled shouldn't cause >the system to crash. If anything, its possible to confuse the system, maybe, >and you might not get an internet connection. But, crashing is not normal. >Most likely the system crashed due to something completely unrelated. >Sometimes you'll get a heavy crash, and then after a restart will never see it >again. > >On that note, if it really concerns you, it is not necessary to remove the >card. You can go into your NETWORK CONNECTIONS, right-click on the wireless >device in question, and DISABLE it. YOU can later enable it in the same way >when you're back home. > >====================================== >= SirTroth >= ICQ: 1717439 >= AIM/AOL: SirTrothX >= YAHOO: SirTroth >= MSN: SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx (don't email me here) >====================================== > > >On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:01:26 -0500, Rita Harper wrote: > > >> Thank You to those who said I could leave my card in and still use >> dialup. I'm not so sure that is a good idea. I wonder if these >> two things are connected?. >> I had my card in my computer, and I was dialed into the the >> internet. My friend sent me an instant message, and all of a >> sudden, my screen went blank and I got a very serious error >> message. It said that if I had never gotten the error message I >> should shut my computer down immediately. If I had gotten the >> message before, I was to follow steps 1,2,3, etc..... >> I had never gotten that message before, so I shut down and took the >> card out, and started the computer again. Everything came up, and >> I dialed up again, and it seems to be working fine. Has anyone had >> this experience? Do you think these things are related? I don't >> really want to blow the machine up, lol,, so I think I will just do >> one thing at a time. Thanks for your help.... Rita >> >> Rita Harper wrote: >> >> >> >>> This may sound like a silly question to those of you who know >>> what you are doing, but I need some advice. >>> I am at a Resort, that does not have wireless internet. The >>> hotel next door does have it. I just found out that sometimes I >>> can connect to that hotel server and sometimes I can't. I have a >>> laptop, with an external wireless card. This is my question. >>> Can I leave my card in my slot, and still use dialup to connect >>> to the net. Is that OK,,, or will it confuse the computer??? As >>> you can see, I'm already confused, and I don't want both me and >>> my computer to be confused. lol..... I hope this makes sense to >>> someone......Thanks for any help.... Rita >>> >>> -- >>> <Please delete this line and everything below.> >>> >>> To unsub or change your email settings: >>> //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk >>> >>> To access our Archives: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >>> //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> <Please delete this line and everything below.> >> >> To unsub or change your email settings: >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk >> >> To access our Archives: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >> //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ >> >> > > >-- ><Please delete this line and everything below.> > >To unsub or change your email settings: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > >To access our Archives: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > > > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/