Keep It Alive Help

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Introduction
Keep It Alive is an easy-to-use program for keeping a dial-up Internet connection alive. It is a fact that many ISPs disconnect their clients dial-up connections if they are not active for a certain period of time. Keep It Alive keeps your dial-up connection alive by trying to get a web page in every a few minutes.

Installation

This program is for Windows PC. There is no version for Mac.
If you have a previous version of Keep It Alive installed and running, exit the program first.
Unzip the downloaded file to a temporary folder (with a decompressing program such as winzip from www.winzip.com) and run setup.exe to install.
To uninstall, use Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.

KIA is a stand-alone program. It gets web page itself in the background. The web content it received is discarded and will not be shown in your browser, unless you choose the option "let my browser get a web page". It doesn't matter what browser you use. The program uses very little of you computer CPU time and memory.

Features

It will detect whether you are connected to the Internet or not . Once you are connected it will automatically start taking its "keeping alive" actions - trying to get a web page every several minutes, and stop actions when you disconnect.
The program only appears as a small icon in the Windows system tray and does its keeping alive job in the background or waits there for your Internet connection..
Point your mouse to the tray icon, you will see your connection status.
Double click the icon, the main window will show.
Right click your mouse on the icon, a popup menu will show.

Options

Online detecting: KIA is supposed to know whether you are online or not, and to take keeping alive actions when you are online and to keep quiet when you are not. If you are offline but the KIA icon is still blinking and trying to connect, select a different online/offline detecting method. If both methods failed, use the manual option. After you are connected, right click the KIA icon, select Start; before you disconnect, right click the KIA icon and select Stop.
Action: Different levels of Keeping alive actions, from just ping to full simulation of your web surfing activity. Web page received is erased after an action is completed. You can also choose the option "let my browser get a web page".
Interval: This interval can be set within 1-99 minutes using up/down arrow. Most ISPs have idle timer 10-15 minutes. A few minutes keeping alive interval should be good.
Web list: You can enter a web page address with or without http:// part. You can even enter an IP address. To add an address, type it in the right line edit box, then press enter or click Add button. To remove an address, select it in the list, and then press Delete key or click Remove button.
Proxy: Most people don't need this. Tick this only when you are sure what you are doing.
Sound: A simple sound will play when an action is done, and you will also see the trayicon has white flash.
Timer: This is only to halt keeping alive actions, not to physically disconnect your line. When enabled, working hour value can be set within 1-24 using up/down arrow. A single click of the KIA trayicon will resume the action.
Startup: This gives your choice whether to start Keep It Alive automatically when Windows boots up.