Don't know why my PC is dialing my ISP

[Bobby77501]

I have two ISPs - one is a dial-up (at the office) and the other is on cable
(at home). Some program keeps attempting to dial my Work ISP - but I can't
figure out which program it is (so I can shut it off). Does anyone have a
method of checking programs that are likely to dial in? Thanks.......

Bobby

 

[Grimalkin]

Bobby77501 wrote:
|| I have two ISPs - one is a dial-up (at the office) and the other is
|| on cable (at home). Some program keeps attempting to dial my Work
|| ISP - but I can't figure out which program it is (so I can shut it
|| off). Does anyone have a method of checking programs that are
|| likely to dial in? Thanks.......
||
|| Bobby

Do you possibly have Internet Explorer set to automatically connect to your
dial-up ISP?
I had that problem a couple of years ago, right after I got connected to
cable internet service. Apparently, I had chosen that option when I had
dial-up, and forgot to turn it off when I got broadband.
Check "Tools- Internet Options- Connections" and review your settings there.
Hope this helps. If not, I hope someone else can provide another suggestion.
Good luck.

 

[Kelly]

Hi Bobby,

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.

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| I have two ISPs - one is a dial-up (at the office) and the other is
on cable (at home). Some program keeps attempting to dial my Work
ISP - but I can't figure out which program it is (so I can shut it
off). Does anyone have a method of checking programs that are
likely to dial in? Thanks.......

Bobby

 

[JMI]

You've got your system setup to Autodial:

To configure autodial

1.. Open Network Connections.
2.. On the Advanced menu, click Dial-up Preferences.
3.. On the Autodial tab, select the check box next to the location where
you want to disable autodial, and then click OK.
Hope this helps,
Jeff