How to Find Program Wanting to Dial the Internet

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Hwy101

I have XP Pro - And some program keeps bringing up the
'Connect to the Internet' - How can I Identify/Track 'What'
is doing this ?

Thank You
 
Get a personal firewall, most of the time they'll tell you
the name and location of the programs which want to access
the internet.
 
Yes, I agree. I have Norton Internet Security and I know
when a program accesses the internet. Also you can do
control-shift-escape and it will show you all program
processes running. Find out whats running and what
shouldnt be and go to msconfig and stop them.
 
Also, open IE and check the Tools\Internet Options\Connections page. It most
likely has the "Always dial my default connection" or "Dial whenever a
network connection is not present". If so, change it to "Never dial a
connection".
 
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