IE gives error message when laptop comes out of standby "no connection to the internet is currently

IE was working fine and then suddenly it started giving me an error
message every time
I open the the lid of my laptop. The error states:
"no connection to the internet is currently available. To view
internet content that has been saved only........ button(WORK
OFFLINE), button (TRY AGAIN)
I guess the problem is that my wifi does not have a connection at the
time the laptop comes out of standby. However I didnt have this
problem before, so I am sure there is a fix to this error message
popping up. Its annoying to have to get this error message each time I
open my laptop. The only reference I found to this error message is
for windows98 and the few applicable fixes for XP didnt work.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303346#appliesto
Perhaps someone has some additional fixes I can try. Thanks

 

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That Microsoft article applies to XP, too.

 

nope, there are no such registry values to update

 

There should be.

Windows XP Home:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WebCheck
LoadLCE = Auto
LoadSens = Auto