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To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (1104)	9/7/1998 7:06:00 PM
From: FishbackJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7382

>>The problem with Fox Express, though, is that it sometimes logs you off with no indication, then you have to log back on before it works again.<< You guys probably already know this, but just in case: The Foxplus software allows you to change the length of time it'll stay signed on....When you click the "sign on to fidelity", a pop-up box appears, called "Connection Status Summary"..... Now, if you look at the top, there's a folder tab named, "Preferences"....click that, and you'll see "Automatic disconnect if no activity for"...and then a dialogue box. I type in 999....the most it'll take, and it doesn't usually sign off for me... Of course, this only works if you can SIGN ON in the first place....no mean feat on some of these billion share days! :^) Dick

To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (1104)	9/7/1998 7:07:00 PM
From: William W. Dwyer, Jr.	Respond to of 7382

Exactly....It logs off automatically with no activity, usually like 5-10 minutes or so....you can adjust it to something like 60 minutes, but I still find it cuts me off sooner than that. Fidelity tech folks don't seem to have a clue about it. What's worse, when it logs you off, it doesn't tell you, doesn't give any indication. You don't realize it until you go to place an order and nothing happens. So, you have to request it to log off, then log back on before you can do anything. Kinda frustrating. I usually log on for all day. Well, I used to, until I went with another broker for serious daytrading. Now, I use Fidelity only occasionally, just for trading my longer term positions.