Do you want to connect??

[Bruce]

Haven't been able to resolve this problem in other NG's. Hope someone can
help.

Normally, when I clicked on OE, or IE, I would get the box that asks if I
want to connect to the Internet. Click OK and the connection would be made.
Now, for some reason, the box appears on the desktop every time I boot up
even without clicking on IE, or OE. It's not trying to autodial, I just see
the box.
I can get rid of it, but it's very annoying. ISP couldn't help. Any thoughts
on this?

TIA
Bruce

 

[dglock]

go into internet tools and tell ie to never dial a
connection
don

 

[Malke]

Haven't been able to resolve this problem in other NG's. Hope someone
can help.

Normally, when I clicked on OE, or IE, I would get the box that asks
if I want to connect to the Internet. Click OK and the connection
would be made. Now, for some reason, the box appears on the desktop
every time I boot up even without clicking on IE, or OE. It's not
trying to autodial, I just see the box.
I can get rid of it, but it's very annoying. ISP couldn't help. Any
thoughts on this?

First, make sure your computer is virus and spyware-free. Then, run
msconfig (Start>Run and type "msconfig" without the quotes) and see
what is being called to start with Windows (Startup tab). You'll have
to Sherlock it since we can't see your computer from here. ;-) If you
need to look up entries, here's a good site:

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm

If you are sure your computer is clean and have no extraneous programs
starting with Windows and the problem persists, please repost. Be sure
to include what you've already done to troubleshoot.

Malke

 

[Kelly]

No, not exactly.

Right click My Network Places/Properties/Advanced (top toolbar)/Dial-Up
Preferences/Enable Auto-Dial by Location/Uncheck all locations and check off
always ask me before auto dialing. Also, Disable autodial while I am logged
on.

In the Enable Auto-Dial By Location dialog box, select each location for
which you want the automatic dialing feature to operate. Reboot.

Disable or Enable AutoDial (Line 91)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

To view the list of names and addresses recorded by AutoDial, type the
following command at a command prompt: rasautou -s

To delete a name or address entry from the list: Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses

You can delete any TCP/IP addresses that you see under this key. Note that
AutoDial can use IP addresses, DNS fully qualified domain names (FQDN), and
NetBIOS names.