Dial-up Networking, Minimise Crashes
Dial-Up Networking Hangs While Trying to Connect
If this happens to you, you are likely a Windows 95 OSR2 user running IE4. The problem is a conflict with the View Details option in DUN and IE4 running as your Windows shell. Here's how to fix this documented bug:
You need either to disable View Details in DUN or to uninstall the Windows Desktop Update component. First, create a shortcut for your DUN connection and add it to your desktop. You can find your connection in your DUN folder, which is in My Computer. Connect to the Internet with your new shortcut.
Go to Start | Programs | Accessories | Dial-Up Networking. In the View menu, deselect Details by choosing another view, such as Large Icons.
If you need to uninstall the Windows Desktop Update, go into the Control Panel, open Add/Remove Programs, click on Internet Explorer 4.0, and then click on the Add/Remove button.
In the IE4 Active Setup dialog box, click on "Remove the Windows Desktop Update component, but keep the Internet Explorer 4.0 Web browser."
Minimise Crashes and Crash Damage
Though you may never be able to prevent crashes totally, a few safe computing practices will minimise crashes and crash damage. One problem occurs when the operating system or application expects one thing but gets another, such as when you've got a program using a CD or floppy disk that you remove before saving. Here are some hints to help you prevent crashes.
1. Always shut the PC down properly. Windows creates temporary files that need to be closed before you turn off your machine. If you just throw the switch, these files are left in limbo. Not only might you lose program data that has not been saved, but it's possible that badly written programs could be left in an unusable state.
2. When using Dial-Up Networking (DUN), don't physically disconnect your phone line from the PC before shutting down your connection. Depending on the application that's using DUN, Windows can hang waiting on the COM port.
3. Let ScanDisk run during boot-up if your machine requires it.
4. Store data files on a different partition from the operating system. If Windows does crash and needs to be reinstalled, you won't lose data.
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