Dail-up wants to dial

[Windwatcher]

I have a broadband connection and wireless network, but I also have a setup
for an academic dial-up which I use in power shortages. For the most month
or us, a box keeps popping up wanting to connect the dial up when I am
working away online. How do I get it to stop doing this - it's very
annoying.

 

[Galen]

In Windwatcher had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

I have a broadband connection and wireless network, but I also have
a setup for an academic dial-up which I use in power shortages. For
the most month or us, a box keeps popping up wanting to connect the
dial up when I am working away online. How do I get it to stop doing
this - it's very annoying.

Pretty easy really...

Open IE, click tools, click options, click connections, click never dial a
connection. When you want to dial to connect due to power outages either
connect manually or switch the setting back.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
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whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes

 

[digisol]

Change the broadband to the default connection

 

[Windwatcher]

Thanks for the responses, but none of this works. "Never dial" is checked,
and wireless must be the default because it connects when the computer
boots up. The dial-up box pops up later, sometimes 2 or 3 times in a row.
Then it will periodically show up.

 

[Malke]

Thanks for the responses, but none of this works. "Never dial" is
checked,
and wireless must be the default because it connects when the
computer
boots up. The dial-up box pops up later, sometimes 2 or 3 times in a
row. Then it will periodically show up.

Check to make sure the computer is virus/malware-free since random
attempts to dial out (no matter what the default connection method is)
can mean infestation.

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Malke