playing all night

[Hesh]

Hey all, was wondering how those of you who can leave their cheats running all night have your puter set up. I constantly get booted when I try to let any auto run overnight.I was wondering what settings you have and what might be bouncing me off all the time. Do you use firefox/IE7/disable anything else besides screensaver/turn monitor off/clear the cache before you start,etc. I would love to be able to go to sleep and wake up with it still running and would love to hear your specific settings! Thanks!  O0

[Homer]

Like Ron Popeil says...

I just set it and forget it. :/\

The only time I get booted is when pogo goes down. !@#$

[Hesh]

so i'm doing something wrong-just don't know what,lol. i've used 2 different O/S's/disabled all scheduled programs/updates/same w/screensaver/tried sun and ms java/firefox and ie 6 & 7 and still get friggin booted! how dare pogo actually make me work for my badges!  >:((

[Homer]

I don't know what to tell you. I use the recommended settings and let it rip.  ?.? ?.? ?.?

[Runner]

so i'm doing something wrong-just don't know what,lol. i've used 2 different O/S's/disabled all scheduled programs/updates/same w/screensaver/tried sun and ms java/firefox and ie 6 & 7 and still get friggin booted! how dare pogo actually make me work for my badges!  >:((

It's probably your ISP. 

[ICER]

I never had a problem with my main account (pogo club member), but with my secondary account (non pogo club) in the past it did shut down on me when I was running both accounts same time all nite long..wasn't my ISP or pogo's fault my main account ran fine all nite long. As we all know non-pogo members have that intermission and some ads run on Shockwave (Macromedia Flash) what is happening here is a error by the flash.ocx file, this file is called a add-on too and it interfere's with my web browser (IE7) with some of the ads pogo uses. You can disable it (active X control) but I believe pogo needs it to run good, what I did was upgrade it and seems to be ok now last few times I ran my secondary account.Not sure this is your problem, but don't hurt to upgrade (Shockwave Flash Object). By the way my non-pogo club account is for tokens...when it hits 700k I tranfer 500k to main account and keep 200k in secondary one (like to shop at the mall on pogo).Hope this helps! 8)

[Tara]

I agree with Runner, it's probably your ISP.  I do reboot my computer before bed and just run it regular like you do during the day.

[Hesh]

thanks for the info all. it probably is my isp,i'll bet they have timeouts or something similar. before joining club pogo i never ran my puter on any programs for that length of time.thanks again! 

[HypnotizedMind]

i use firefox and ive never had any probs lettin it run all nite!!!

[Tracey]

i use IE all night and it works dead on for me . except for battle phlinx when i was doing that badge

[apple]

mine dont work all night either

[teresa_aaron]

I have aol and I only can find certain games that will run all through the night like Qwerty and Steller Sweeper and a couple more the rest I have to babysit or my internet will turn off. I have a friend that has dsl and he says he has no problems with any of them. So, yes I would agree it is our isp and aol is the worst I am fixing to change to dsl myself. I just have been waiting so long for them to get it in my area i live in the middle of no where lol.. So, it has been one heck of a wait.. I would say if you are able change to dsl i think you will have a better chance of waking up and still seeing them running.. Teresa

[knightrider13195]

just because you have aoH@ll doesn't mean you have to use that browser. You can download firefox or explorer and just minimize the aol window. Yes there is a way to disable the "timer on disconnect" I believe its in the options of aol. Will do some digging and get back with more on the timer issue.

[teresa_aaron]

i did disable the disconnect option on aol and it still disconnects me except with a few games and weather or not i pull down the aol browser it will still disconnect me. I have both IE and Foxfire. And, the same thing happens. I have tried to get help on this issue before and no one could help me. I have even called aol about it. And, they have no idea what I can do to make it stop they are just as stupid about it as anyone else is. Thanks a lot for the thought though.. Teresa

[Ms.Behavin]

you have dial up through aol?

[teresa_aaron]

yes is there something you know that i dont know cause i have worked a lot with it and can not figure out how to keep most games running through the night.. thanks Teresa

[Pogo#1cheater]

i have cable and have never had a problem running it all night 8)

[Hesh]

I also have aol and i used it to sign-up for club pogo.But i never use it to play on pogo, or anything else except my email,lol. the problem is definately my isp which is the cable company. i guess it depends where you live for the
isp's policy on timeouts. mine severely limits bandwidth,my speeds go from 700 kbs to 50 kbs during the day. i did some checking and they have a semi-secret security dept. monitoring all usage and if you exceed it at all they think you're doing something illegal and cut your time and speed to virtually nothing.think i may have to check out verizon, which is new here, to see what their policy is. it just pisses me off that some nerd in a dark room has control over what i do and they never even tell you!  >:((

[jeffy]

there is more than isp problems on some games like the new makeover madness and perfect pair solitaire my java freezes up a lot im constantly trying to clear my cache and java files but it still will only play for a few hours then freeze
hope this helps

[Hesh]

thanks for the info Jeffy. I knew perect pair was part of the problem-pogo told me to run it in 16 colors,lol. I may   0: have solved my staying connected problem.For any others who might have the same thing going on here's my cable ISP's solution and it's a bit technical but I'll do my best,lol. I have a modem from the isp to connect to the internet and a wireless router for my home network. Apparently I had them connected wrong even though I followed the instructions. If you have a USB cable(has the little pitchfork looking symbol on it) AND an ethernet cable(connection looks like a phone jack) connected to your modem and router just disconnect the USB cable from your modem-you don't need it and it is a slower,less reliable connection than ethernet. I still have internet access on all the computers sooooo...so far so good. Gonna leave pogo running for a while and see if I still get booted but the cable company says that was the issue. Hopefully this makes sense and works!!!  0:  Good luck to any others with same problem!