Request for Network Connection by ???

[frustrated]

I have had my Gateway computer since Oct. 2001 and have
recently had a new motherboard installed. I have
reinstalled Microsoft Works and ever since then a message
box entitled, "Network Connections" pops up every few
mintues and says, "You (or a program) have requested
information from microsoft.com. Which connection do you
want to use?" Then it says, "Which connection do you
want to use?" and shows only Dial up connection

When I go ahead and use the dial up connectiona and am
connected to the internet, it begins to send and receive
millions of bytes and takes hours. I have never had the
time to let it go to completion and always have to cancel
before completion.

Why is it doing this and do you know what program has
requested it? It has never happened before the
installtion of the new motherboard.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[John Dingley]

It may be as part of the M/B change a repair installation was done which has
activated automtic windows updates. Turn this off if it is on.

 

[John Dingley]

Only if you want to turn it off of course But it may explain why MB of
info is downloading.

 

[Ramesh [MS-MVP]]

A program or spyware might initializing the dial-up connection.

SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for Spyware and Adware
http://security.kolla.de/

and

Adaware (similar)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
* Perform a Webupdate to have the latest definitions installed *

To disable automatic dial completely (means no program can automatically
dial, however you can do manually.)

1. Right click the My computer icon (Desktop), open Manage/Services and
Applications/Services.
2. In the right pane scroll down to Remote Accces Auto Connection Manager
and double click it.
3. Use the Startup type drop box and choose Disabled.

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I have had my Gateway computer since Oct. 2001 and have
recently had a new motherboard installed. I have
reinstalled Microsoft Works and ever since then a message
box entitled, "Network Connections" pops up every few
mintues and says, "You (or a program) have requested
information from microsoft.com. Which connection do you
want to use?" Then it says, "Which connection do you
want to use?" and shows only Dial up connection

When I go ahead and use the dial up connectiona and am
connected to the internet, it begins to send and receive
millions of bytes and takes hours. I have never had the
time to let it go to completion and always have to cancel
before completion.

Why is it doing this and do you know what program has
requested it? It has never happened before the
installtion of the new motherboard.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Kelly]

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.

For rasautou.exe error messages see: http://tinyurl.com/o3pw

Disable "Log on using dial-up connection" (Line 77)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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