Internet connection problem

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Is there a way to determine what program is calling for a dial-up
connection? I have an uncontrolled dial-up connection on only a
portion of the user accounts installed on my XP Home computer. XP was
recently loaded onto a reformatted hard drive. I can't figure out why
the dial-up connection is initiated as soon as these accounts are
logged on. There is no adware or spyware issue. There is no program
shortcut in the start-up folder. Does anyone know of a way to control
this? Only need connection when called for by IE or similar program -
setting to disconnect when program closed also not working. Is there
a shareware/freeware program that can tell me what is calling for the
connection?
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
 
Is there a way to determine what program is calling for a dial-up
connection? I have an uncontrolled dial-up connection on only a
portion of the user accounts installed on my XP Home computer. XP was
recently loaded onto a reformatted hard drive. I can't figure out why
the dial-up connection is initiated as soon as these accounts are
logged on. There is no adware or spyware issue. There is no program
shortcut in the start-up folder. Does anyone know of a way to control
this? Only need connection when called for by IE or similar program -
setting to disconnect when program closed also not working. Is there
a shareware/freeware program that can tell me what is calling for the
connection?
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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Mark,

If it's a program just starting, or if the program generates a screen object,
Process Explorer (free) from
<http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml> will show you what
program is active at any time. Since you're talking about dial-up, I'd bet your
mysterious program references "rasphone.pbk", so get Filemon (free) from
<http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/filemon.shtml>, and set a filter for
that file. I'd bet a combination of those two utilities will help you find the
originating program.

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Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia is not necessarily a bad thing - it comes from experience.
My email is AT DOT
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THANK YOU! THANK YOU! You gave me the tools to figure out the
problem. I pointed Filemon to rasphone.pbk and it repetedly pointed
to a program called "ggviewer". A system file search showed that
program was associated with the Google desktop search tool in the task
bar. A lightbulb went off in my head. I opened the options to the
Google search tool and set it up with the same configuration as the
other (non-problem) computer accounts. No more uncontrolled internet
connection at logon! I had forgotten to configure settings on that
one program when creating the new account. I've been working on this
problem off and on for days! Thanks for taking the time to point me
to those great system tools.
 
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! You gave me the tools to figure out the
problem. I pointed Filemon to rasphone.pbk and it repetedly pointed
to a program called "ggviewer". A system file search showed that
program was associated with the Google desktop search tool in the task
bar. A lightbulb went off in my head. I opened the options to the
Google search tool and set it up with the same configuration as the
other (non-problem) computer accounts. No more uncontrolled internet
connection at logon! I had forgotten to configure settings on that
one program when creating the new account. I've been working on this
problem off and on for days! Thanks for taking the time to point me
to those great system tools.
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Mark,

Yes, SysInternals does indeed make some great stuff available to us, don't they?
Thanks for the feedback, I'm glad it worked out for you.

BTW, Mark, posting your email address openly will get you more unwanted email,
than wanted email. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself
a bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - read this article.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

--
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia is not necessarily a bad thing - it comes from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.
 
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