internet dials wen puter turns on

#1 Radioactive Frog

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Posted 02 February 2004 - 10:45 PM

i have been asked bout a problem that when a puter is turned on it tries to dial the interenet but cus there is no pasword it does not connect ! Irritating .... !! any idea what it could be? i cant see anything obvious but....is there anything ppl know i shuld be looking for?

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#2 el_vago32

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Posted 03 February 2004 - 01:03 AM

Sorry, but what does "Puter" mean?? ;(

#3 Radioactive Frog

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Posted 03 February 2004 - 01:12 AM

my apologies for my lazy hands !!

puter = computer
ppl = people

hth

sorry again

RF

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Posted 03 February 2004 - 03:18 PM

Do you want to dial the inet when the comp starts up or do you want to get rid of it? What os/sp are you running.

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Posted 03 February 2004 - 06:34 PM

I have heard of something similar and this is what i found. They usually have AIM or yahoo messenger or something similar that starts automatically upon startup and then demands the internet connection. Two thing, either save the password so that it will connect or find the program that is requesting the internet on start up and kill it.

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Posted 04 February 2004 - 02:05 AM

sorry more info....

rite dont want the pc to start up
Win xp Pro with all updates (i beleive!!)

MSN is the only messenger running but that has been running alwyas and this has only just started!!

any other ideas??

thanks

RF

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Posted 10 February 2004 - 07:37 AM

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Posted 10 February 2004 - 09:41 AM

Just my 2 cents...First, you may want to go into the Options in IE, go to Connections and choose "never dial a connection"...then I would run msconfig to check out what is running at startup...

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Posted 10 February 2004 - 02:45 PM

#10 el_vago32

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Posted 10 February 2004 - 06:36 PM

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maybe u have messenger setup to sign in automaticlly, then its trying to dial..., but try what somedude said, it may work.

#11 Radioactive Frog

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Posted 11 February 2004 - 12:35 AM

thanks everyone i will try all the suggestions.
I know it is not MSN as on that puter it has never been used so there is no account to auto dial in with !!!!!!

thanks again

RF

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Posted 12 February 2004 - 05:37 AM

go to Control Panel, Internet Options, Connections Tab and underneath the dialup and Virtual Private Network Settings box, you will see 3 radio dials. Make sure the first radio dial is selected
- Never dial a connection

also make sure no programs run at startup that need a connection
ie, Outlook Express email program, Anti Virus program that is searching for live updates, Windows Live Updates etc