diff --git a/libsecondlife/Login.cs b/libsecondlife/Login.cs
index 84003b8d..5f383bba 100644
--- a/libsecondlife/Login.cs
+++ b/libsecondlife/Login.cs
@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ namespace libsecondlife
             byte[] bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(output.ToString());
 
             LoginRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(loginParams.URI);
-            LoginRequest.Timeout = loginParams.Timeout;
+            LoginRequest.Timeout = loginParams.Timeout; // TODO: This won't do anything with async calls
+            LoginRequest.KeepAlive = false;
             LoginRequest.Method = "POST";
             LoginRequest.ContentType = "text/xml";
             LoginRequest.ContentLength = bytes.Length;
diff --git a/libsecondlife/NetworkManager.cs b/libsecondlife/NetworkManager.cs
index e2550970..180150c0 100644
--- a/libsecondlife/NetworkManager.cs
+++ b/libsecondlife/NetworkManager.cs
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ namespace libsecondlife
             DisconnectTimer = new System.Timers.Timer();
             DisconnectTimer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(DisconnectTimer_Elapsed);
 
+            // Don't force Expect-100: Continue headers on HTTP POST calls
+            ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = false;
+
             // Catch exceptions from threads in the managed threadpool
             Toub.Threading.ManagedThreadPool.UnhandledException += 
                 new UnhandledExceptionEventHandler(ManagedThreadPool_UnhandledException);