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| Thread ID: 32682 | 2003-04-25 04:53:00 | involuntary dial up | robc (2685) | Press F1 |
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| 138775 | 2003-04-25 04:53:00 | I am running Win 98 2nd ed and for some time now my computer has been dialing up on bootup. Not so much of a problem you might think, however I don't recall ever asking it to do that. My first thought was that I had a dialer which had been installed from a website some where, but I can't find any sign of it anywhere. That is not at all surprising as I am a complete dummy when it comes to computers. I dealt with the problem by checking my emails on start up and then allowing OE to auto disconnect. However, now the computer is dialing up automatically AFTER I have checked my emails!!!!!!! Help! anyone got any plain english ideas to help find the cause and a solution? I am also running the free version of zone alert and AVG anti virus software. Cheers, Rob Clark |
robc (2685) | ||
| 138776 | 2003-04-25 05:31:00 | Hi Rob. Next time you see the dial up window, untick "connect automaticly". Allthough you might have spyware, it is more likely something like windows update, or your antivirus software wishing to update itself. .Clueless |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 138777 | 2003-04-25 06:18:00 | Hi. Go Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options | Connections | check Never dial a connection |Ok Next try to find the cause - after the next boot go Ctrl/Alt/delete to see if you can spot the offender - if it's there open the app from Explorer and disable the feature, or delete the programme from Add/Remove Programs. Or... By looking in the startup folder, and delete the offender's start up - Go Start | Programs | Startup Or... Go Start | Run | type msconfig | Startup | and see if you can identify the bugger there - if so you can disable it by unchecking it, or look at the path to find out where it is. |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 138778 | 2003-04-25 06:22:00 | Also I would tend to agree with the clueless one, that its probably something innocuous like AVG trying to auto update, which can easily be disabled. | Greg S (201) | ||
| 138779 | 2003-04-25 09:48:00 | My guess would be Zone Alarm (I think you referred to this as zone alerts). Open ZA and uncheck "Load ZA at start up" see if that helps. sam m |
sam m (517) | ||
| 138780 | 2003-04-25 10:00:00 | Check also settings in ZoneAlarm. One should say something along the lines of... check for updates.. which you can untick. | Pheonix (280) | ||
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