I have a laptop working on wireless, and linking to the internet by
broadband. Whenever I open Outlook for email, or Internet Explorer, the
programme keeps trying to dial a connection, even though broadband is
connected. Sometimes it tries to dial even though I do not have Outlook or IE
open.

I have gone through every screen I can find to try to stop this, but to no
avail.

I use a dial-up connection when I am away, connecting through my mobile with
bluetooth. It is this connection that it keeps trying to dial.

How can I stop this happening, but not lose the bluetooth option?

Thanks

Peter

In article <8E1F0946-FA7C-4471-AFDE-(E-Mail Removed)>, Peter
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I have a laptop working on wireless, and linking to the internet by
>broadband. Whenever I open Outlook for email, or Internet Explorer, the
>programme keeps trying to dial a connection, even though broadband is
>connected. Sometimes it tries to dial even though I do not have Outlook or IE
>open.
>
>I have gone through every screen I can find to try to stop this, but to no
>avail.
>
>I use a dial-up connection when I am away, connecting through my mobile with
>bluetooth. It is this connection that it keeps trying to dial.
>
>How can I stop this happening, but not lose the bluetooth option?
>
>Thanks
>
>Peter

In Internet Explorer, go to Tools > Internet Options > Connections,
and select "Never dial a connection".
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Have you tried IE\Tools\Internet Options select Connections and select 'Never
dial a connectio' ?

Victor

"Peter" wrote:

> I have a laptop working on wireless, and linking to the internet by
> broadband. Whenever I open Outlook for email, or Internet Explorer, the
> programme keeps trying to dial a connection, even though broadband is
> connected. Sometimes it tries to dial even though I do not have Outlook or IE
> open.
>
> I have gone through every screen I can find to try to stop this, but to no
> avail.
>
> I use a dial-up connection when I am away, connecting through my mobile with
> bluetooth. It is this connection that it keeps trying to dial.
>
> How can I stop this happening, but not lose the bluetooth option?
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter

Many thanks, Victor. Yes, I have tried this, to no avail. I have been to
almost every screen that I can find in IE and Outlook, but simply cannot stop
the computer trying to dial.

I have been poking around in the Registry trying to find something
suspicious, but as I am reluctant to change things I do not know about, I
have not solved the problem this way either.

Thanks anyway

Peter

"victorparobij" wrote:

> Have you tried IE\Tools\Internet Options select Connections and select 'Never
> dial a connectio' ?
>
> Victor
>
> "Peter" wrote:
>
> > I have a laptop working on wireless, and linking to the internet by
> > broadband. Whenever I open Outlook for email, or Internet Explorer, the
> > programme keeps trying to dial a connection, even though broadband is
> > connected. Sometimes it tries to dial even though I do not have Outlook or IE
> > open.
> >
> > I have gone through every screen I can find to try to stop this, but to no
> > avail.
> >
> > I use a dial-up connection when I am away, connecting through my mobile with
> > bluetooth. It is this connection that it keeps trying to dial.
> >
> > How can I stop this happening, but not lose the bluetooth option?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Peter

Steve

Thanks for this. See my reply to Victor. I think I may have to re-install
Outlook (I think this program is the problem), but in the meanwhile I can
over-ride my frustration.

Peter

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <8E1F0946-FA7C-4471-AFDE-(E-Mail Removed)>, Peter
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >I have a laptop working on wireless, and linking to the internet by
> >broadband. Whenever I open Outlook for email, or Internet Explorer, the
> >programme keeps trying to dial a connection, even though broadband is
> >connected. Sometimes it tries to dial even though I do not have Outlook or IE
> >open.
> >
> >I have gone through every screen I can find to try to stop this, but to no
> >avail.
> >
> >I use a dial-up connection when I am away, connecting through my mobile with
> >bluetooth. It is this connection that it keeps trying to dial.
> >
> >How can I stop this happening, but not lose the bluetooth option?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Peter
>
> In Internet Explorer, go to Tools > Internet Options > Connections,
> and select "Never dial a connection".
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
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> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
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>